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From: ack@caldwr.caldwr.gov (David Ackerman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apollo
Subject: Problems with NFS & tcp_server
Keywords: mysterious deaths
Message-ID: <280@caldwr.caldwr.gov>
Date: 13 Jan 88 22:30:30 GMT
Organization: California Department of Water Resources
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How many sites out there are using NFS? We have a Sun mounted on our
network root so it look like just another node. The Apollo network root
is mounted as a single file system on the Sun so the Apollo ring
looks like one big file system. So far so good.

But all is not wine and roses. Since an initial period with no problems
after bringing up NFS, we have begun to have problems with our
tcp server dying. It won't die for any particular reason, such as being
overloaded by the nfsd. Sometimes it will die when there's nothing
noticeable going on, and sometimes it will die when you try to cd into
the NFS partition.

I have also noticed that the CPU usage for nfsd is quite high, much
higher than the tcp server itself. Why didn't Apollo allow for multiple
nfsd's the way some other companies (who shall remain nameless) do? It
would take the load off of the lone nfsd.

If anyone has seen the above problems (or had different ones with NFS)
and has overcome them, please send me e-mail. AdvTHANKSance...

David Ackerman
California Department of Water Resources     caldwr!ack@ucdavis.edu  (Internet)
"It's the water, and a lot more..."       ...!ucbvax!ucdavis!caldwr!ack  (UUCP)

         The opinions expressed above are mine, not those of the State
         of California or the California Department of Water Resources.