5 Mar
1999
5 Mar
'99
12:14 a.m.
One clarification: NFS and CIFS behave quite differently.
We commonly demo Oracle/Unix (NFS) running against a cluster and routinely do "unexpected" things to the target filer making it fail (pulling both plugs is my favorite). It seamlessly fails over to the second node and Oracle, after a hesitation for a minute or so, takes off where it left off. The giveback is equally transparent.
Thank Sun (circa 1983) for the statelessness of NFS.
You are right; NT connections are not quite so robust.
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