On 12/08/2011 12:45 PM, J. Bruce Fields wrote: > Yes, if you're using NFSv4 then the client and server should each run > both daemons. ah, thanks. >> If so, what functionality am i losing out on by not running it? > > You lose NFSv4.0 delegations, which depend on the ability for the server > to contact the client to send delegation recalls. Delegations are > optional, so you won't lose correctness, but you may lose some > performance. Thanks, that's useful. Do the clients need to run cachefilesd as well to take advantage of delegation? Is there a document where i could find this sort of information without adding noise to the list? > If you're using only v2, v3, or v4.1, that doesn't matter. (v2 and v3 > lack delegations, and v4.1 sends callbacks over existing > client-established connections). OK, gotcha. Is it possible to use 4.1 with linux kernel 3.1 and nfs-utils 1.2.5, or would i need to pull a more recent version? Thanks, and sorry for the basic questions, --dkg
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