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140140but the best approach is to start cvmfsexec from a pilot process and run
141141only one pilot per machine. If possible the cache should be on local
142142disk, because otherwise the many file accesses can overwhelm a shared
143- filesystem's metadata server. If there is no local disk the next best
143+ filesystem's metadata server. Also, many network filesystems types
144+ cannot handle the locks that cvmfs creates.
145+ If there is no local disk the next best
144146option is to mount a filesystem separately for each worker
145147node from a big enough file on the shared filesystem, or alternatively
146148a RAM disk on the local node if there is sufficient RAM.
147149The ` -m ` option (described in the next section) can mount that separate
148150scratch filesystem for you in the cvmfsexec namespace.
149151Otherwise, if the cache directory needs to be changed that can be done
150- by setting CVMFS_CACHE_BASE in ` dist/etc/cvmfs/default.local ` .
152+ by setting CVMFS_CACHE_BASE in ` dist/etc/cvmfs/default.local ` ,
153+ or you can just install the whole distribution in the local filesystem.
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152155## Optionally mount a scratch filesystem
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