Re: NFS problems with SGI client

ralf@uni-koblenz.de
Mon, 19 Oct 1998 14:27:58 +0200


On Fri, Oct 16, 1998 at 04:41:56PM +0200, Olivier Galibert wrote:

> On Thu, Oct 15, 1998 at 09:53:11PM -0400, Steven N. Hirsch wrote:
> > I'm having repeatable NFS wierdness when mounting recent Linux servers
> > from an SGI box running IRIX 5.3.

6.2 with patches upto May last year / knfsd > 2.1.121 works fine for my home
use. No stress testing or benchmarking though.

> SGI NFS implementation, client and server, are tremendous pieces of
> shit.

Let me cite Olaf Kirch. ``If you can make an NFS implementation that talks
reliable and fast with HP/UX, IRIX, Solaris and AIX then managers of four
companies will want to talk to you''. Says something about NFS. For the
advanved ``Why is NFS nicknamed Nightmare FileSystem?'' ...

Ralf

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