Re: Use of NFS via TCP

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----- "Forrest Aldrich" <forrie@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I know it's recommended not to use Cyrus over NFS.  But what about
> NFSv3 
> or 4 via TCP, instead of UDP?
> 
> On a small network, I would imagine this would work alright.  I wonder
> 
> if the documentation (caution) is referring to UDP.

  The issue really isn't the protocol used, but the fact that to make NFS fast, it compromises the local file semantics a bit.

  The BerkeleyDB documents have a good overview of this problem:

http://www.oracle.com/technology/documentation/berkeley-db/db/ref/env/remote.html



Tom
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