From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jul 16 21:13:01 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6AFC616A4CE for ; Fri, 16 Jul 2004 21:13:01 +0000 (GMT) Received: from otter3.centtech.com (moat3.centtech.com [207.200.51.50]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F180D43D31 for ; Fri, 16 Jul 2004 21:13:00 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from anderson@centtech.com) Received: from [10.177.171.220] (neutrino.centtech.com [10.177.171.220]) by otter3.centtech.com (8.12.3/8.12.3) with ESMTP id i6GLBeE8020015; Fri, 16 Jul 2004 16:11:40 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from anderson@centtech.com) Message-ID: <40F8447F.7070503@centtech.com> Date: Fri, 16 Jul 2004 16:11:27 -0500 From: Eric Anderson User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.7.1 (X11/20040707) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Chuck Swiger References: <40F8157D.5040104@cems.umn.edu> <40F8350E.70106@mac.com> In-Reply-To: <40F8350E.70106@mac.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org cc: Mike Thomas Subject: Re: nfsd problems with FreeBSD 5.2.1 X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 16 Jul 2004 21:13:01 -0000 Chuck Swiger wrote: > Mike Thomas wrote: > [ ... ] > >> The machine functions as a nis client for accounts with home >> directories nfs mounted from a Solaris 9 machine. It's primary >> function is as a mail server, and what it is nfs sharing out is the >> spool folder. (/var/mail, in this case). > > > Setting up a FreeBSD system to act as an NFS server to Solaris clients > sounds backwards to me. If there is any one specific task that > Solaris stands out for, it's probably filesharing. I'm not a fan of > Solaris for Intel hardware, but this might be one of the few cases > where it would be the better choice. Maybe on newer solaris boxes it's different, but I've killed many a solaris nfs server by slamming them hard with clients (I'm talking 800 high end machines as clients by the way).. I actually prefer FreeBSD NFS servers over solaris. Granted, I have to do some major tweaking to make it run how I want, but the BSD boxes have always been faster for me than the solaris boxes.. This could get religious, so I'll just stop here.. :) Eric -- ------------------------------------------------------------------ Eric Anderson Sr. Systems Administrator Centaur Technology Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish. ------------------------------------------------------------------