[NCLUG] NFS Questions

Michael Coffman coffman at ftc.avagotech.com
Wed Sep 2 15:37:08 MDT 2009


On Wed, 2 Sep 2009, Sean Reifschneider wrote:

> On 09/02/2009 10:30 AM, Michael Coffman wrote:
>> I am in need of some help gaining a better understanding of NFS.   Any
>> input is appreciated.
>
> I'm sure Bob is right about the cache issues, but the first thing I thought
> is:  Do you have all your clocks synchronized?

Yup, ntpd running on everything and I run periodic checks to ensure times 
are in sync.

>
> If you can make it happen via NFS, perhaps try using Samba or GlusterFS or
> GFS/OCFS for this application and see if it resolves the troubles you are
> having?  Of course, they may bring up new and exciting problems.

Thanks for the ideas...

>
> Sean
>

-- 
-MichaelC



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