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Pedram Nimreezi wrote:
> I'd venture to say NFS generally sucks

8-).

It's better in v3 and v4, where you are allowed to do things
like cache the results of VOP_ACCESS.  Hardly anyone does,
but still, in theiry, you can save half your wire transactions.

-- Terry