Re: [Exim] Re: spool over NFS?

Miquel van Smoorenburg wrote:
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> Note that NFS locking only works with POSIX locks, it DOES NOT work with
> flock() locks (on most OSes that is the case). So make sure your apps
> use posix fcntl() locks only.

Been too long since I have tested to remember exactly what kind of locks
were being used, I do remember testing with some basic perl scripts
using various kinds of lock mechanisms, but again, don't remeber which
one(s).

> Also make sure you're using the kernel NFS server and are running
> rpc.statd on server and client.

Tried every conviecable way of running NFS client/server configuration
I could find. :)

> I just tested it to be sure (2.4 server, 2.4 client, 2.6 client) and
> locking over NFS does work. It's not very fast though ..

And this is the rest of the story...
Speed is/was very important to me when I was testing and NFS just could
not cope, regardless of locking issues.
At any rate, I found alternatives to network file sharing that work in
my particular environment perfectly well.

Cheers!

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