From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Sep 7 18:16:20 2006 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 5BE0716A4E0 for ; Thu, 7 Sep 2006 18:16:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tom@shockergroup.com) Received: from mail.shockergroup.com (mail.shockergroup.com [66.129.102.3]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A58E543D6E for ; Thu, 7 Sep 2006 18:16:15 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from tom@shockergroup.com) Received: (qmail 97735 invoked by uid 89); 7 Sep 2006 14:16:22 -0400 Received: from 196-29.35-65.tampabay.res.rr.com (HELO ?192.168.2.6?) (tom@ierna.com@65.35.29.196) by mail.shockergroup.com with SMTP; 7 Sep 2006 14:16:22 -0400 In-Reply-To: <4A750B77-97BD-4433-BEC1-AA0B5377CCE6@mac.com> References: <56C924ED-9AF8-4575-8A2F-9BD523AF117F@shockergroup.com> <4A750B77-97BD-4433-BEC1-AA0B5377CCE6@mac.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.2) Message-Id: From: Tom Ierna Date: Thu, 7 Sep 2006 14:16:36 -0400 To: Chuck Swiger X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.2) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: rpc.lockd stalls X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 07 Sep 2006 18:16:20 -0000 On Sep 7, 2006, at 1:44 PM, Chuck Swiger wrote: > Trying to run a database server or mail server without a disk > strikes me as a very bad idea. This is unfortunate - the "client" machines I have chosen have no front-panel disk sleds. Hardware administration will be a bear if they each have to have their own disks. Software-wise, I was hoping to have them all share a common Kernel and userland too, so I only have to update software in one place. > I am surprised that rpc.lockd is holding up well enough to only go > down about once a month; simply running the locking tests which > come with sendmail used to be enough to cause rpc.lockd to crash... I will be using qmail, when I get to that stage. qmail is supposed to be rather safe, even over NFS. > Best of luck, > -- > -Chuck Thanks, it sounds like you think I need it :) I'm open to suggestions on a better method of accomplishing my goals. Best, -Tom -- Tom Ierna President Shockergroup, Inc.