Difference between Soft Mount & Hard Mount
The directory /nfs should be created in your node/server. The nfs mount can be mount as a “soft mount” or as a “hard mount” these mount option define the how the nfs client should be handle nfs crash/failure . We will see the difference between hard mount and soft mount. Soft mount :- suppose you have mount the nfs by using “ soft mount’ when a program request a file from nfs server. Nfs demon will try to retrieve the data from the nfs server. If doesn’t get any response from nfs server due to some failure or crash on nfs server. Then nfs client report an error to the process on the client machine requesting the file access the Advantage “fast responsiveness” it doesn’t wait to the nfs server to respond. The Main Disadvantage of this method is data corruption or loss of data so this is not the recommended option to use. [root@sadeek ~]# showmount -e 172.28.50.109 Export list for 192.168.0.105: /nfs * Soft mounting (Temporary Mounting)...