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To: =?iso-8859-1?Q?J=E9rome?= OUFELLA <la.firme@esil.univ-mrs.fr>
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Subject: Re: 3.4 vs. 4.0 NFS Code performance
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Jérome OUFELLA wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
>     I need to use a quite big NFS server, serving ~120GB for ~200
> clients, all OS's mixed (*BSD, Linux, HP-UX, IRIX, Solaris, Xterminals).
> 
>     Is it worth it to use the -current branch (-release on next monday
> perhaps?) for this important server, or should I rather use the
> 3.4-STABLE  NFS implementation ?

	For heavy NFS use I wouldn't consider anything else. We've had
September-vintage 4.0-current (as in, right after the big NFS fixes went
in) machines in production and never had problems with them. We're
getting ready to go to 4.0-Release when we get a chance. I'm already
using it for other things.

	That said, you shouldn't expect 4.0-Release to be like a -Stable
branch, not yet anyway. Be ready to live up to the usual -current
responsibilities, like following this list, etc.

Good luck,

Doug
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