[mythtv-users] mythtv + nfs = bad?

[Gerald Brandt]

I was using NFS v3, and had issues as well. Now I use Samba Server and cifs mount the filesystems. All is well. 

Gerald 

----- "Brian Wood" <beww at beww.org> wrote: 
> On Wednesday 06 May 2009 13:51:20 James Oltman wrote: 
> > My NFS problems were a little more bizarre. I even asked about it on this 
> > mailing list, but no one got back to me. I don't remember what kernel this 
> > was with, but here's the issue as it stands. 
> > 
> > I was NFS mounting my backend videos/music/pictures folders to my frontend. 
> > The videos folder has several ISO files (made from DVDs I own). They are 
> > mostly all above 4GBs. I would be watching a movie and then it would stop 
> > randomly in the middle of the movie (or about 3/4 through). I looked at 
> > file size on the FE compared to the BE and saw that the file sizes were 
> > different. I couldn't figure out what the deal was. I finally moved to 
> > CIFS and am not having any more issues. I'd like to go back to NFS, but if 
> > there are still issues, I don't want to deal with them. Any ideas? 
> 
> What version of NFS? 
> 
> I think NFS v.2 (client side) has a 2GB file size limit, which means it can 
> only look at the first 2GB of a file that's larger than 2GB. 
> 
> Version 3 supports larger files, but obviously it depends on the filesystem on 
> the server side, if it were FAT, for example, a 4.7GB file would be a 
> problem. 
> 
> There is also a limit on the size of a transfer "on the wire", which depends 
> on whether TCP or UDP is used, and the particular implementation. 
> 
> Large files and NFS can be problematical, make sure you understand any limits 
> of your server and client NFS versions, as well as the filesystem in use. 
> 
> Google "nfs file size limits" for more information. 
> 
> -- 
> beww 
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