Our goal is to match the CIFS behavior of an NT server as closely as possible. Do you see a difference between NetApp and NT in this area?

I honestly can't tell you that...I've never used an NT box as a server in my life. I guess that's why I'm asking. This is different behavior than I'm used to from out relugar UNIX servers (Solaris), and have no experience with NT servers.

I'll echo Bruces comments though. It seems silly that when I have a file locking issue, my sysadmin can't just blow it away as root from the UNIX side...immunity to the big hammer is not a feature I was looking for.

I just got some support mail...anyone have any experiences with sm_mon -l? I just got mail from someone saying they heard it would help break locks, but had not tested it themselves.

-Jeff