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From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
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Subject: Re: Some SERIOUS NFS usage - advice needed
To: rminnich@Sarnoff.COM (Ron G. Minnich)
Date: Mon, 19 Feb 1996 11:18:28 -0700 (MST)
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> Actually, it's not a good idea to do lots of nfs locking on SUNs, much 
> less freebsd. Direct experience with 16 or more nodes locking files on 
> one server shows that even solaris 2.x still won't do it right. You need 
> to think of a different way to go.

Do you have test programs for this?  I could use them.


					Terry Lambert
					terry@lambert.org
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