jstewart@ncs.dnd.ca (John Stewart) (03/09/90)
One of our user groups might be using PC-NFS rather than Novell for distributing an application over a wide area. I would like to specify ISC 386/ix as the operating system for their server, (as at least one other box will be running this close by), but I have heard that NFS file locking is disabled on the current release. Would anyone out there know whether this is true, and if so, when it might be fixed? Do other 386 Unixes have this problem? Thanks for any help that might be received; John Stewart DREnet Coordinator 613-831-0888
cpcahil@virtech.uucp (Conor P. Cahill) (03/09/90)
In article <753@ncs.dnd.ca> jstewart@ncs.dnd.ca (John Stewart) writes: >Would anyone out there know whether this is true, and if so, >when it might be fixed? Many implementations of NFS have locking disabled. This is partly due to the fact that when NFS locking is enabled, all file lock requests, including local lock requests, cause the kernel to trap out to a daemon process which manages the locks. This can be very detrimental to local lock performance. There may also have been some porting issues. -- Conor P. Cahill (703)430-9247 Virtual Technologies, Inc., uunet!virtech!cpcahil 46030 Manekin Plaza, Suite 160 Sterling, VA 22170
karl@ddsw1.MCS.COM (Karl Denninger) (03/10/90)
In article <753@ncs.dnd.ca> jstewart@ncs.dnd.ca (John Stewart) writes: >One of our user groups might be using PC-NFS rather than Novell for >distributing an application over a wide area. > >I would like to specify ISC 386/ix as the operating system for their >server, (as at least one other box will be running this close by), >but I have heard that NFS file locking is disabled on the current >release. > >Would anyone out there know whether this is true, and if so, >when it might be fixed? It is true. It is supposed to be fixed in the next update, sometime in May. We tried to enable it (the program IS present on the disks) and it blew the entire machine away. Badly too -- as in reload from backup time! It hung the system, and apparently did some other problems. >Do other 386 Unixes have this problem? No idea. -- Karl Denninger (karl@ddsw1.MCS.COM, <well-connected>!ddsw1!karl) Public Access Data Line: [+1 708 566-8911], Voice: [+1 708 566-8910] Macro Computer Solutions, Inc. "Quality Solutions at a Fair Price"
djb@bbt.UUCP (beauvais) (03/20/90)
In article <753@ncs.dnd.ca> jstewart@ncs.dnd.ca (John Stewart) writes: >I would like to specify ISC 386/ix as the operating system for their >server, (as at least one other box will be running this close by), >but I have heard that NFS file locking is disabled on the current >release. It was true with 2.0.1, but I don't know about 2.0.2... -- Dan Beauvais {backbone}!rti!bbt!djb BroadBand Technologies, Inc. (919)-544-6850 x 295 Box 13737 Research Triangle Park, NC 27709-3737