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Subject: Re[2]: is NFS production-ready ?
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> On Mon, Apr 10, 2006 at 11:26:40PM +0400, dima wrote:
> > 3. Is at least implementation of NFS client (either kernel-side or
> > user-space) stable enough for production use? Client OS replacement is
> > impossible (hardly suitable, really) in my project.
> 
> I built a big mail/web cluster a few years ago using FreeBSD 4.x (4.6.2 I
> think), where all the front-ends used NFS to access data on a shared
> fileserver platform (NetApp). It worked without a hitch, and still does.

What is the reaction on network/NAS failure?
I mean, I'm about to provide transparent storage service in the case of failures of different types.

> 
> Regards,
> 
> Brian.
>