Subj : Re: 2 NFS mount points, pointing to the same NFS export?
To   : comp.os.linux
From : Innocenti Maresin
Date : Wed Dec 29 2004 07:19 pm

BT wrote:
> I know it's possible to have 2 NFS mounts, on the same host, to point to the
> same NFS export. Like this:
> 
> mount 192.168.0.1:/storagearray        /directory1
> mount 192.168.0.1:/storagearray        /directory2

> However, is this the proper way to do it? 
Yes.

> Does this use up a lot of resources?
No. 


> Would a better approach be to just NFS mount once, say, to
> /Directory1, and then use a symbolic link for /Directory2 
> (pointing to /Directory1)?
This way is the most time-consuming, and may conflict with chroot. 
There are also the third way: mount --bind

IMHO all 3 ways leads to virtually the same result. 



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