On 9/22/05, Vincent Roqueta <vincent.roqueta@ext.bull.net> wrote:

There are several problems using x86_64 linux NFS (v4) machines as server, and
it seems to have several problems on 64 bits architectures in general (at
least with x86_64 and ppc64. Surely other architectures)

For now there are this issue yet known (linux 2.6.13+CITI, Linux 2.6.14-rc*
+CITI)
-> Socket error -11 closing a big file (server : x86_64, clients: x86, ppc64)
-> wrong lock behaviours (Client PPC64, servers: ppc64, x86)
-> Input/output error closing a big file (server: ppc64, client x86_64)
-> Oops (Client x86_64, server x86_64) - Linux 2.6.13+CITI

However, this issues concern NFSv4. I am going to try to reproduce your
problem with NFSv3 and NFSv4.

Vincent

I've not heard anything negative about x86_64 systems as NFS servers, but this note is somewhat concerning to me as I've got some new AMD Opteron hardware coming to replace some Pentium 4 NFS servers. We only use NFS v3 (mainly tcp). Should I be concerned? Should I use i386 mode instead of x86_64?

Chris