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From: awhitton@bwdlh128.BNR.CA (Alan Whitton)
Subject: Re: HP NFS inadaquatcies ( was: HP-720 vs IBM-320 vs Sparc2)
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References: <1991Jun6.151807.670@idaho.uucp> <1730103@hpcndm.CND.HP.COM> <1991Jun19.133356.14253@spatial.com>
Date: Thu, 20 Jun 1991 11:49:58 GMT


In article <1991Jun19.133356.14253@spatial.com>, alek@spatial.com ( Alek
O. Komarnitsky ) writes:
|> In article <1730103@hpcndm.CND.HP.COM> dlr@hpcndm.CND.HP.COM (Dominic
Ruffatto) writes:
|> >
|> Having said that, let me add to the above thread that I would really (!)
|> like to see HP come up to snuff on NFS. I realize that it's a 
|> product trademarked by those upstarts in Mt View, and that NFS may not be
|> the greatest protocol around. However, it is an absolute KEY part of a 
|> hetergeneous UNIX network. BTW, we are currently trying to track down a NFS
|> problem from our Apollo (apollings?) to our HP's - doesn't happen to
the Sun's!
|> 
|> I think very highly of HP, and am writing this in hope that others need
|> a full-up NFS on HP's & Apollo's, and that HP management will move it to
|> the RIGHT side of the "cut line."
|> 

Alek, the current Apollo NFS is quite below standard. It was written by
someone in Apollo using the NFS protocol standard document and that is
all, thus the code is quite "wild and wooly". Only in the past year or
so has such functionality as the ability to execute apollo executables on
an NFS mounted file system added. We keep finding more gotcha's with this
product.

Take heart though, HP has mentioned that it may port NFS 3.2 (the same klunky
version they ran under HP-UX 6.5 (earlier I think) to the Apollos....

Cheers,
Alan Whitton
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