Date: Wed, 21 Apr 1999 13:01:41 -0500 (EST) From: Alfred Perlstein <bright@rush.net> To: Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com> Cc: Kevin Day <toasty@home.dragondata.com>, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Alright, who's the smart alleck that fixed NFS this last week? :) , WAS: Re: solid NFS patch #6 avail for -current - need tester Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.990421125943.11384w-100000@cygnus.rush.net> In-Reply-To: <199904211722.KAA06827@apollo.backplane.com>
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On Wed, 21 Apr 1999, Matthew Dillon wrote: > : > :I would just like to say, that unlike certain zealots of other operating > :systems I've always been a bit hesitant to recommend FreeBSD over > :solaris because of this one factor (NFS). > : > :It now seems I can't think of a single reason, (I'm much more a > :cluster fan than an SMP fan) SMP just doesn't buy you enough to > :justify putting all your eggs in one basket... > : > :-Alfred > > Heh. We still do not have file locking over NFS. That's a major piece. > In general, though, I think FreeBSD's NFS is shaping up pretty well. It > is certainly much, much better then any other OS out there except > solaris. File locking over a stateless filesystem is just plain icky. Supposedly someone is working on client side locking, and I definetly will take a look at it just out of interest, not that i think i have a chance of implementing it. -Alfred To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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