Moshe Zadka wrote:
> What 2.4.0 kernels? If you need NFS server, and you've got a Sun machine,
> I'd stick with Solaris until 2.4.0 comes out (not -testx).
Maybe I wasn't clear. The SUN runs Solaris, our horde of intel machines
and an alpha or two run Linux.
The 2.2 kernels do not do NFS very well. If we can keep up a system for
a whole day with all while all of it's nfs mounted file systems still
useable, and still exporting them properly I would be amazed.
(Yes, I use automounter).
2.4.0-test6 stays up with NFS working for almost a week at a time.
Having a SUN is not good enough, most of our files are on idividual
machines, and the NFS problems are for both mounts and exports.
> You might have considered that, so I'd be interested why you think it's
> better to run on a devel kernel instead of Solaris?
Too many machines to convert, not counting the cost (of all those
solaris licenses)
> In any case, I'd consider Debian seriously. (They use a 2.2 kernel for
> potato, but that's compilable away.) I'm sure potato, AKA Debian 2.2,
> supports both Alphas and Suns (as well as some minority platforms)
Can't do that, too far in bed with RedHat. :-(
Thanks for the suggestion though,
Geoff.
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