On Mon, 2009-04-20 at 17:56 +0800, howard chen wrote: > Hello, > > My client is running ext3, which default has 5 seconds of write-back > caching, e.g. > > cat /proc/sys/vm/dirty_writeback_centisecs > 499 > > Now, if this client connect to a NFS (v3), and write data to the NFS, > will write-back caching used? Yes. However it will always flush out data on close() in order to ensure that other clients see the data (see http://nfs.sourceforge.net/#faq_a8 ). Trond ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Stay on top of everything new and different, both inside and around Java (TM) technology - register by April 22, and save $200 on the JavaOne (SM) conference, June 2-5, 2009, San Francisco. 300 plus technical and hands-on sessions. Register today. Use priority code J9JMT32. http://p.sf.net/sfu/p _______________________________________________ NFS maillist - NFS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nfs _______________________________________________ Please note that nfs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx is being discontinued. Please subscribe to linux-nfs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx instead. http://vger.kernel.org/vger-lists.html#linux-nfs -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-nfs" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
