Date: Wed, 22 Apr 1998 07:38:24 +1000 (EST) From: Peter Jeremy <Peter.Jeremy@alcatel.com.au> To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: NFS mount types (was Re: make buildworld over NFS) Message-ID: <199804212138.HAA15469@gsms01.alcatel.com.au>
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On Tue, 21 Apr 1998 23:33:44 +1000, Stephen McKay <syssgm@dtir.qld.gov.au> wrote: > soft mounts are allowed to return errors >after a certain number of timeouts. So your programs will fail when >the server goes down or temporarily is hard to reach. It's hard to see how soft NFS semantics differ from having a disk die underneath you. Given the uptimes possible with decent OS's (eg FreeBSD), and the painfullness of getting around hard NFS semantics when a server does go away, I think soft mounts are probably better for most purposes. > So, in theory, the writes will complete when the >server comes back up, even if it is next year. Of course, if the server is never coming back, you'll need to reboot the client to recover - I've gotten caught a couple of times testing with temporary machines. Peter -- Peter Jeremy (VK2PJ) peter.jeremy@alcatel.com.au Alcatel Australia Limited 41 Mandible St Phone: +61 2 9690 5019 ALEXANDRIA NSW 2015 Fax: +61 2 9690 5247 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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