While/after playing around (setting) with the security features on the just defined files and directories the netapp server will hang. Only reboot of the sever will revive it.
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I would not expect NetApp to spend more than a _few_ man hours on this problem, while they continue to hammer out solid released for solid software platforms.
While I agree it should not hang, theres no way to tell what NT2000 feature is not working properly.
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I think that you missed the point Jeff, the W2K machine can halt and catch fire for all I care but the filer should at worst have degraded performance, regardless of the provocation. That's why we pay more for filers than for an Alpha PC.
There is an old saying in networking:
Be conservative in what you send.
Be liberal in what you receive.
It is absolutely unacceptable for a filer to hang simply because someone sends it garbage data.
It's true that W2K is till in Beta (alpha?), but we believe that we have done everything necessary to support W2K (if you are running a recent enough release), and we are very interested in hearing about problems that people have.
Dave