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Date:      Mon, 30 Jun 1997 18:44:07 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Chuck Robey <chuckr@glue.umd.edu>
To:        Samy Touati <lmcsato@lmc.ericsson.se>
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: NFS V3 is it stable?
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.970630184243.7038W-100000@Journey2.mat.net>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.3.95.970630180616.23815A-100000@sunshine>

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On Mon, 30 Jun 1997, Samy Touati wrote:

> 
> Hi,
> 
> 
> I'm using fbsd2.2.2 acting as a mail server with a bunch of solaris 2
> client workstations.
> From time to time I'm getting a read or write failure (RPC error 5).
> I log into the fbsd server and everything seems fine.
> Rebooting the solairs client seems to solve the problem for a while until
> it restarts again.
> 
> I noticed that the used nfs is ver3, should I turn on the vers 2 nfs to be
> able to get a reliable nfs. For now I lost 2 mailboxes because of these
> errors.
> Is frebsd 2.2.2 a recommended nfs v3 server?

Samy, are you using NFS to mount the mail sppol directories?  Since nfs
locking isn't in a very good condition, it's almost guaranteed to fail.
The mail directories are accessed bot for mail delivery and mail pickup,
and reliable locking is a top requirement.

> 
> Thanks.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 

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