Charles
>
> Colin Hirsch <hirsch@informatik.rwth-aachen.de> writes:
>
>
> > Is there any way to let the clients use a "proper" caching (even if just
> > for ro mounted /usr or so)? This could just make all the difference...
> >
> > In such a case it might be necessary to let the server be able to
send a kin
> d
> > of invalidate message to the clients if something changes (I thought
of keep
> ing
> > data in cache for tens of minutes). This whole setup obviously
relies on onl
> y
> > few changes and only makes sense for e.g. /usr but _not_ /home.
>
> That would not be NFS. NFS is stateless: the server neither knows nor
> cares what the clients are caching.
>
> Feel free to invent your own protocol, but beware that the sort of
> thing you're proposing will most likely place a very heavy burden on
> both the server and your network.
>
> Cheers,
> Trond
>
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