+--- In our lifetime, Jaye Mathisen mrcpu@cdsnet.net wrote: | | | Wanna kill your filer? Put lots of big directories with lots of files in | there, then watch the nfs server not responding messages start up. | | I have an F540, 256MB RAM, and 8MB NVRAM that is just getting wiped out | with numerous large directories. (~40-50k files/dir). Hangs of 20-30 | seconds are not uncommon, sometimes as long as 3 minutes.
How are your client mounting the filer? If it is V3 then this could be the problem. I saw this behavior when using a large USENET spool on a filer and using V3. The READDIR+ would cause the filer to hang for a little (esp on misc.jobs.offered with 3 week expires...).
Remounting with V2 fixed the "problem". Works great without it.
Also, do you have MINRA on or off?