ADSM-L

Re: [ADSM-L] NFS as a storage pool volume

2009-12-29 13:03:03
Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] NFS as a storage pool volume
From: Richard Sims <rbs AT BU DOT EDU>
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 2009 13:01:36 -0500
Based upon more than 15 years of experience with NFS:
It's fine for relatively casual employments such as user home
directories, where you can tolerate moderate throughput and
propagation delay.  It is not suitable for applications demanding
great responsiveness and throughput and serious locking.  Books have
been written on the care and feeding of NFS, to deal with the myriad
considerations in getting it to work well.

    Richard Sims  at Boston University (well, Intersession, at home)