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With more than one fileserver, the directories most frequently cross-mounted are those containing user home directories. There are numerous problems with this system. The mount list can become quite large and some of the machines may be down when a system is booted. In many environments most people use the same few workstations, but it is convenient to go to a colleague's machine and access your own files. When a server goes down, it can cause a process on a client machine to hang.