Problems with ADVFS - Quota and NFS (fwd)

From: Seela <seela.balkissoon_at_sheridanc.on.ca>
Date: Fri, 01 Mar 1996 16:19:03 -0500 (EST)

     I am really sorry about posting this a second time but I forget to
     include some real important stuff

     we are running DEC OSF/1 (Digital Unix) DEC 3000/400
     physical memory = 64.00 megabytes.
     CPU - 133mh
     Our network has PC nfs clients using Beam&Whiteside tcp/ip
     software. They are both dos and oracle database users
     No of users - 1218 - administrative users
     
     On another box with similar problems -
     DEC 3000 /400 with 128 mg mem
     No of users - 10000
     mainly students


     Hello Everyone,
          
     We are currently experiencing problems with DIGITAl's ADVFS
     Our site has experienced tremendous discomfort with migrating on this
     platform since last summer, so much so that we are considering
     moving back to UFS.
     WHAT I would like to know is how many sites are using the ADVFS?
     and have anyone gone back to ufs
     I will summarize. Thanks for all input
 
     A bit of a background .
     Quota does not function properly with ADVFS -
           -reports wrong output
           -inconveniences users because they cannot write
            to their home directories because the system thinks they are
            above their quota although a du -sk . shows that they
            are way below their quota
     Slower response time - tested with a digital rep as well on site
     Defragmentations have to be done nightly
     Corrupted files when we had some partition with ufs and root/usr
     on ADVFS
     
     Presently we have quota disabled which is very bad for
     our environment because we have to keep constantly buying disks
     to alleviate the problem.
   
     We know in ufs quota works at least.
     


Seela Balkissoon
Computer Systems
Information Technology Group
e-mail.- seela.balkissoon_at_sheridanc.on.ca
"You are making progress if each mistake you make is a new one"
Received on Fri Mar 01 1996 - 22:41:22 NZDT

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