Supported forms for mount paths are: Normal single-host (these are unchanged) host:/path/path Single host entries are not probed for a server response. Multiple replicated hosts, same path: host1,host2,hostn:/path/path Multiple hosts, some with same path, some with another host1,host2:/blah host3:/some/other/path Multiple replicated hosts, different (potentially) paths: host1:/path/pathA host2:/path/pathB Mutliple weighted, replicated hosts same path: host1(5),host2(6),host3(1):/path/path Multiple weighted, replicated hosts different (potentially) paths: host1(3):/path/pathA host2(5):/path/pathB For these formats a priority ordered list of hosts is created by using the following selection rules. 1) Highest priority in selection is proximity. Proximity, in order of precedence is: - PROXIMITY_LOCAL, host corresponds to a local interface. - PROXIMITY_SUBNET, host is located in a subnet reachable through a local interface. - PROXIMITY_NETWORK, host is located in a network reachable through a local interface. - PROXIMITY_OTHER, host is on a network not directlty reachable through a local interface. 2) NFS version and protocol is selected by calculating the largest number of hosts supporting an NFS version and protocol that have the closest proximity. These hosts are added to the list in response time order. Hosts may have a corresponding weight which essentially increases response time and so influences the host order. 3) Hosts at further proximity that support the selected NFS version and protocol are also added to the list in response time order as in 2 above.