NFS clients can cache. This cache can be loosely synchronized for performance reasons. See the settings for actimeo and related variables in mount_nfs(1m) -- richard
Russ Petruzzelli wrote: > I'm not sure if this is a zfs, zones, or solaris/nfs problem... So > I'll start on this alias... > > Problem: > I am seeing file copies from one machine to another grab an older file. > (Worded differently: The "cp" command is not getting the most recent file.) > > For instance, > On a T2000, Solaris 10u3, with zfs setup, and a zone I try to copy in a > file from my swan home directory to a directory in the zone ... > The file copied, is not the file currently in my home directory. It is > an older version of it. > > I've suspected this for some time (months) but today was the first time > I could actually see it happen. > The niagara box seems to pull the file from some cache, but where? > > Thanks in advance for any pointers or configuration advice. This is > wreaking havoc on my testing. > > Russ > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > zfs-discuss mailing list > zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org > http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss _______________________________________________ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
