[Gllug] NFS problem

[Chris Jones]

Hi

John Edwards wrote:
> I've never used TRU64, but have you tried to mount this without the
> "soft" option?
> 
> In the past that has caused problems on some Linux machines (long time
> ago, can't remember the details).

While soft and intr are helpful for being able to interrupt tasks that
are blocking on a failed NFS server, they are very much unhelpful if
your NFS server isn't responding in a timely fashion because the client
will fail them and your userspace apps see their files go away.

Cheers,
-- 
Chris Jones
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