From: James Pearson Subject: Re: Linux release of nfs-utils version 1.0.1 Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2002 17:49:57 +0100 Sender: nfs-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Message-ID: <3D3EDAB5.9721CEAE@moving-picture.com> References: <3D38AD37.640212C9@attbi.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: NFS maillist Return-path: Received: from mpc-26.sohonet.co.uk ([193.203.82.251] helo=moving-picture.com) by usw-sf-list1.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 3.31-VA-mm2 #1 (Debian)) id 17XPL0-0002NN-00 for ; Wed, 24 Jul 2002 09:50:10 -0700 To: Tom McNeal Errors-To: nfs-admin@lists.sourceforge.net List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Discussion of NFS under Linux development, interoperability, and testing. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: I notice that the NFS HOW-TO at LDP has now been updated - any chance the version at http://nfs.sourceforge.net/nfs-howto be updated as well? James Pearson Tom McNeal wrote: > > Hi - > > The latest release of the nfs utils package has just been posted > on https://sourceforge.net/projects/nfs/ > > The last version of the package was posted last September, so there > are quite a few fixes in it. The one which you may notice right > away is that synchronous IO is now a default export characteristic, > falling in line with all other vendors of NFS. In order to ease > the transition, a warning will be posted if you do not specify either > "sync" or "async" in the export list. This removes a possible > source of undetected data corruption, as detailed in the NFS howtos. > > Speaking of the howtos, the latest versions of them have been sent > to the LDP, so they should be posted sometime next week. > > Finally, if you are interested, I have published the client based > test package I used for testing the utils, which contains a GUI > interface, and includes Connectathon, FSX, Bonnie++, and IOzone, > among other things. The package was originally developed by > Bruce Blinn and Adrian Drzewiecki at the Mission Critical Linux > West Coast Office. I received permission from the owners of the > assets of MCLX to post the package, after removing all parts > related to the MCLX cluster software. You can find it at > https://sourceforge.net/projects/nfstestmatrix > > One final note - I was not the only tester; Engineers at Red Hat > and IBM, among others, were involved in the testing, so my Intel > based UP machines were not the only ones exercising it. > > Regards - > > Tom McNeal > > -- > ------------------------------------------------------------ > Tom McNeal trmcneal@attbi.com (650)906-0761 (cell) > ------------------------------------------------------------ > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek > Welcome to geek heaven. > http://thinkgeek.com/sf > _______________________________________________ > NFS maillist - NFS@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nfs ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _______________________________________________ NFS maillist - NFS@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nfs