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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!paladin.american.edu!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!uwm.edu!lll-winken.llnl.gov!venus.sun.com!news2me.EBay.Sun.COM!engnews2.Eng.Sun.COM!peyto!thurlow From: thurlow@peyto.eng.sun.com (Robert Thurlow) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc,comp.unix.solaris,comp.unix.aix Subject: Re: ISP hardware/software choices (performance comparison) Date: 15 Jan 1996 17:37:47 GMT Organization: Sun Microsystems Computer Corporation Lines: 28 Distribution: inet Message-ID: <4de3db$n6a@engnews2.Eng.Sun.COM> References: <4cmopu$d35@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu> <4d43bt$es8@park.uvsc.edu> <4d6v8e$b1e@engnews2.Eng.Sun.COM> <4d9has$qo9@park.uvsc.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: peyto.eng.sun.com Cc: Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:1828 comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc:1962 comp.unix.solaris:56577 comp.unix.aix:68152 In article <4d9has$qo9@park.uvsc.edu>, Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> wrote: >thurlow@peyto.eng.sun.com (Robert Thurlow) wrote: >] NFS in 5.x has the same or better consistency guarantees as your >] favorite 4.x version. And in 5.5, you get NFS Version 3 and NFS >] over TCP, which work so well and so fast I was amazed when I >] started here. You're clearly out in left field on this topic. >Sorry, "the same" is not an argument for change. If you had a >tangible "or better", then you'd have a case. You implied that SunOS 5.x was faster because it played fast and loose with consistency guarantees. This is simply untrue, and I'm calling you on it; consistency has been tightened up in many areas, and not made weaker anywhere. If you believe otherwise, please be specific. I don't know what you're talking about in the rest of your post, but you clearly missed my point. Rob T -- Rob Thurlow, thurlow@eng.sun.com There was something fishy about the butler. I think he was a Pisces, probably working for scale. -- Nick Danger, Third Eye