Hi,
About 1.5 weeks ago, I asked:
Hi,
I heard a rumor recently that Sun ( or someone ) is coming out with a new
version of NFS ( version 4 ??). Has enyone else heard of this ??
If so, is it backward compatible with the current version of NFS ( which I think
is version 3 ?? ). Does anyone know when this will be coming out ??
I heard that it is NOT backward compatible and that some NFS servers ( like
Auspex fileservers, NAC toasters, etc ... ) will not work with this new version
of NFS.
Thanks !!
Well, as It turned out, I got my Solaris 2.5 manuals the next day after I asked
the question and was able to answer the question myself :)
Basically, There will be two versions of NFS running on Solaris 2.5:
The old version 2, which does reads/writes in 8k blocks and udp data transfers
verses the new version 3 which can do reads/writes > 8k and does tcp data
transfers.
I was mainly concerned about compatibility. The two versions are NOT compatible
with each other, obviously, but a Solaris 2.5 machine can communicate with
both versions, so It's not a big issue with Sun ...
However, It was not clear whether other vendors ( like Auspex and NAC, for
example ) will ever support the new NFS version 3. no one could offer an opnion
on this ...
Thanks to the following for their responses:
casper@holland.Sun.COM
glenn@uniq.com.au
kevin@uniq.com.au
greg.kranz@amp.com
stern@sunrise.East.Sun.COM
adam@ltx.com
billk@lci.com
fetrow@biostat.washington.edu
nobroin@esoc.esa.de
uvaghela@mpc-uk.com
and@morgan.com
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