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To: "J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@fieldses.org>
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Subject: Re: file xfer over NFSv4 with 'sync' ~300X slower than with 'async' ?
Date: Wed, 01 Apr 2015 13:24:32 -0700
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> Yeah, understood, I just meant that if we'd originally named that export
> option, I don't know, "trash_me_on_reboot", then you wouldn't have
> gotten the "don't use async, it's unsafe" idea, and wouldn't have gotten
> into this mess.  But, too late to do anything about that, I guess.


I'm surprised at how ineffective I was at finding & understanding the whole business to begin with.

If not for Trond's comments and stumbling on that reference re: NFS sync/async issues on "not-my-distro", I'd still be thrashing around.

A bunch of other people responding on the issue weren't clear about, or aware of, the issue.  At least not that I was hearing.  Entirely possible that I was asking the wrong question the wrong way, so I'll take my share of it.

Just looking at the decade+ of "my NFS is slow. why?" posts & comments  I found & read, having this async/sync biz documented & easy to find for normal humans might be helpful.  If it's there I sure as heck missed it.

My two cents.

Thanks again!

LT