> Hi, > > Quoting Nikola Milutinovic <alokin1@xxxxxxxxx>: >> >> Now, one question that is a bit off topic, why is NFSv4 locking so >> bad? Couldn't they (Powers that Be) fix it, so it behaves like a >> normal (albeit, networked) file system? >> > > As far as i know NFSv4 has the locking support, but nobody has tested It has been tested but didn't work. See the posts from some days ago. It's either a configuration problem with the tests, an NFSv4 implementation problem with the tested Linux kernel, or something else. I didn't investigate why it didn't work, and it would also be nice if someone on Solaris could try it there. Simon > it with cyrus till know. All shared filesystems have to deal with the > problem that they need to cache informations to be fast and to get all > changes to keep consistent. > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > M.Menge Tel.: (49) 7071/29-70316 > Universitaet Tuebingen Fax.: (49) 7071/29-5912 > Zentrum fuer Datenverarbeitung mail: > michael.menge@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Waechterstrasse 76 > 72074 Tuebingen > ---- > Cyrus Home Page: http://cyrusimap.web.cmu.edu/ > Cyrus Wiki/FAQ: http://cyrusimap.web.cmu.edu/twiki > List Archives/Info: http://asg.web.cmu.edu/cyrus/mailing-list.html ---- Cyrus Home Page: http://cyrusimap.web.cmu.edu/ Cyrus Wiki/FAQ: http://cyrusimap.web.cmu.edu/twiki List Archives/Info: http://asg.web.cmu.edu/cyrus/mailing-list.html
