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From: KSpagnol@massey.ac.nz (Ken Spagnolo)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.nfs,comp.unix.ultrix,comp.sys.pyramid
Subject: nfs delays are a pain for users
Message-ID: <409@massey.ac.nz>
Date: 27 Nov 89 03:33:28 GMT
Reply-To: K.Spagnolo@massey.ac.nz (Ken Spagnolo)
Organization: Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand
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We have a Pyramid 9815 (OSx4.4) and a DECstation 3100 (Ultrix 3.1)
nfs'd together, so there can be users logged on to one, whose home
directory is on the other.  Our ethernet load is fairly high at
8-10%.  Users get pretty regular occurences of "server not responding".
Perhaps this cannot be completely done away with, but I'd like to be
able to "tune" the mount parameters a bit to cut down the frequency
as much as possible.  Hopefully, some combination of retry, retrans
and timeo, etc. will make some difference.  Before I get into it, I'd
like to know if anyone has a similar setup, and what has worked for
you.  Thanx for any info.

-- 
Ken Spagnolo - Systems Programmer, Postmaster, Usenet Administrator, etc.
   Computer Centre, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand
K.Spagnolo@massey.ac.nz  Phone: +64-63-69099 x8587  New Zealand = GMT+12


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