Re: [exim] Autoreply database on NFS

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Author: Mar Matthias Darin
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To: exim-users
Subject: Re: [exim] Autoreply database on NFS
Hello,

> Middle road: it appears that since this is a recent Linux NFS client
> talking to a Netapp, and therefore not the most broken NFS combination
> ever seen, we *might* be able to trust fcntl() locking to actually work,
> especially since this is off the most-used code path. Still chasing this
> option down with local Netapp gurus to see if they're willing to take
> responsibility for it working.


> Anthony de Boer


I make heavy use of NFS using the flock function and have had no issues or
corruptions with it. The only real issue with NFS in general is a higher
load.

One particular program I use has 36 modules to it constantly locking and
unlocking files. It runs pretty effecient with a lock timeout of two
minutes.
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