Re: NFS alternative

[Dimitri Maziuk <dmaziuk@yola.bmrb.wisc.edu>]

* D-Man (dsh8290@rit.edu) spake thusly:
...
> Ok, that makes sense.  How about if probability leaves us behind and a
> packet is lost?  Does NFS provide any way to correct for that or will
> your filesystem be hosed?

Thankfully, I forget the details[0]. From experience, no, it won't be 
exactly hosed: you'll end up with a .nfs004950384672385721380937 file that 
will grow and eventually fill up the partition... nothing an rm -rf / won't 
fix. And then there's negative cookies and stale mounts that require a reboot
on most unices I've seen... you had to remind me, didn't you?

[0] it's built on top of RPC, so whatever error-correction mechanism RPC uses
    should apply. Plus, NFS does its own caching and stuff... IIRC.
Dima
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