[PLUG] NFS/CIF Annotation ( dia? )

Elliott Mitchell ehem at m5p.com
Thu Jan 4 01:15:51 UTC 2007


>From: "Roderick A. Anderson" <raanders at acm.org>
> Is there something similar to ER diagram notation for NFS and CIF 
> shares/mounts?
> 
> We have 20+ physical systems ( Linux, MAC, and Windows ) that share and 
> mount drives.  Several of the physical systems are Linux-Vservers so the 
> mounts are then _sub_ mounted -- from the host to the guests.  And some 
> of the systems both share and mount.

You realize if your NFS/CIFS exports/mounts are that complex, you are
*asking* (demanding really) for trouble?

> I'd like to build a diagram of all these.
> 
> Is there any (semi-)standard way to diagram the shared resources and 
> where they are mount?
> 
> Searching 'nfs|cif diagrams|diagramming' etc. gives no joy.

Perhaps because no one else was insane enough to build a cluster like
that?


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