> >>
> >> We're using the NFS/AFS translator and seem to be having performance-type
> >> problems. We have AIX machines that are true AFS clients and about 10 other
> >> machines which are Suns and HPs that are using the translator. We are
> >> software developers who do frequent builds of different products, but these
> >> builds seem to hang only on machines using the translator and we get tons
> >> of "NFS server not responding, still trying/NFS server ok" messages. We have
> >> increased the NFS timeout to 300, but this didn't help at all. The true AFS
> >> clients don't experience the build hangs. We're trying to get Sun AFS binarie
> s
> >> installed to make them true clients, but in the meantime, we're broken.
> >>
> >> Is anyone else using the translator in a production environment of Suns
> >> and HPs (or other machine types)? Has anyone else experienced problems
> >> like this before? Any and all advice would be appreciated!
>
> What version of AFS do you have on the machine that is exporting AFS?
>
> We had some NFS export problems with AFS 3.1 on HP.
> After upgrading to AFS 3.2, it seems to work.
>
We are using AFS 3.3 on the translator.
> Have you requested assistance from Transarc? They should know which
> versions have problems.
>
>
Yes, I am working with Transarc, but we haven't gotten very far in
determining what exactly the problem is.
