On Tue, 2010-03-23 at 12:28 +0100, Sébastien wrote: > Package: nfs-common > Version: 1:1.2.1-3 > Severity: important > > Step to reproduce : > 1- mount -t nfs -o nfsvers=3,soft,proto=udp,retrans=7,timeo=3 ip:/foo /mnt/foo > 2- dd if=/dev/urandom of=/mnt/foo/test > 3- unplug nfs server network cable after a few seconds [...]
I strongly advise against using either 'soft' and NFS-over-UDP. They are broken by design and will cause data loss. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings Once a job is fouled up, anything done to improve it makes it worse.
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