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Date:      Tue, 16 Nov 1999 11:44:12 -0800 (PST)
From:      Mike Walker <walker@usc.edu>
To:        freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: vmpfw in pine via NFS
Message-ID:  <Pine.GSO.4.10.9911161142020.9925-100000@skat.usc.edu>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9911161002020.90967-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu>

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>> I am noticing a large number of pine (and only pine) procs stuck in
>> disk-wait.  All of the are in the WCHAN "vmpfw".  Any ideas what
>> this may mean? 
 
> Is the mail spool pine accessing on this NFS volume, or just the
> binary?
> 
> If so you're breaking the cardinal rule of NFS: Never serve mail
> spools via NFS.
> 
> Doug White                    |  FreeBSD: The Power to Serve
> dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu     |  www.FreeBSD.org

Why is this a cardinal rule?



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