From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jul 14 14:57:05 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BC8F316A41C for ; Thu, 14 Jul 2005 14:57:05 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from freebsd@akruijff.dds.nl) Received: from smtp18.wxs.nl (smtp18.wxs.nl [195.121.6.14]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5620443D45 for ; Thu, 14 Jul 2005 14:57:04 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from freebsd@akruijff.dds.nl) Received: from smtp.planet.nl (ip51cc8423.speed.planet.nl [81.204.132.35]) by smtp18.wxs.nl (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.2 Patch 2 (built Jul 14 2004)) with ESMTP id <0IJM00HE1HJ3XJ@smtp18.wxs.nl> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Thu, 14 Jul 2005 16:57:03 +0200 (CEST) Received: from Alex.lan (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.planet.nl (8.13.3/8.13.3) with ESMTP id j6EEv1LD001830; Thu, 14 Jul 2005 16:57:02 +0200 Received: (from akruijff@localhost) by Alex.lan (8.13.3/8.13.3/Submit) id j6EEv0g1001829; Thu, 14 Jul 2005 16:57:00 +0200 Content-return: prohibited Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2005 16:57:00 +0200 From: Alex de Kruijff In-reply-to: <873519D3-D4D3-4858-9908-72CD0F2D875E@mindspring.com> To: Scott Sipe Message-id: <20050714145700.GA1716@Alex.lan> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i References: <873519D3-D4D3-4858-9908-72CD0F2D875E@mindspring.com> X-Authentication-warning: Alex.lan: akruijff set sender to freebsd@akruijff.dds.nl using -f Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Softupdates Question X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd@akruijff.dds.nl List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2005 14:57:05 -0000 On Tue, Jun 28, 2005 at 03:40:41PM -0400, Scott Sipe wrote: > > Hi, > > At work we're running some rather old accounting software that tells > us to disable oplocks and all caheing on our file server (and our > clients)--Samba/FreeBSD isn't officially supported (the only > platforms that are are Windows Server and Novell--yes, it's old) but > we've been running fine on this configuration. > > The software is sensitive to data caching issues etc, and corruption > is occasionally an issue. > > I have all oplocks disabled for the share in samba, and at the moment > I have softupdates disabled on the accounting software mount. > > My question is, does activating softupdates add any risk of data > loss? My guess is no, but I've wanted to play it safe. Our other > samba shares all have softupdates enabled and do fine, and speed is > becoming somewhat of an issue. No there's no risk of data loss.