>> [...NFS wedgitude...] > Also note that there are a fair number of cases in nfs where lost > packets result in timeouts that don't get handled properly causing > things to wedge.
That was my first guess; I've seen cases where the same packet is repeatedly dropped for the same reason, thus wedging things. That's why I snooped on both hosts. > If you haven't yet, try using tcp mounts as that tends to avoid > exercising some of those cases. I've been wondering how TCP mounts would compare. Perhaps I'll try them some one of these days. Mouse