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Tom Vijlbrief (tvijlbrief) wrote : Re: [Bug 879334] Re: nfsd from nfs-kernel-server very slow and system load from 25%-100% from nfsd

According to https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SettingUpNFSHowTo

you need fsid in exports to use nfs 4. So I think we both use 4.

I wonder what is different after your reinstall...
Op 16 nov. 2011 13:30 schreef "Vagelis Nonas" <email address hidden>
het volgende:

> I dont think my exports use nfs v3 options, this is my exports file
> (unchanged from previous install)
>
> /mnt1/ubuntu_new
> 192.168.1.46(rw,no_root_squash,sync,no_subtree_check)
> 192.168.1.194(rw,no_root_squash,sync,no_subtree_check)
> /mnt1/mac 192.168.1.47(rw,no_root_squash,sync,no_subtree_check)
> 192.168.1.50(rw,no_root_squash,sync,no_subtree_check)
>
> However I can make another test with the old filesystem, after deleting
> the big hidden .nfsxxxxxxxx files and see if it defaults to nfs v3, if
> you think it might be of use to you.
>
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> Title:
> nfsd from nfs-kernel-server very slow and system load from 25%-100%
> from nfsd
>
> Status in “nfs-utils” package in Ubuntu:
> Confirmed
>
> Bug description:
> I have a diskless ubuntu 10.10 machine which I boot regularly using
> pxe-boot from another ubuntu machine where I have the root filesystem
> of the diskless machine exported over nfs.
>
> I set it up about a year ago using 10.10. In the mean while the server
> machine got upgraded to 11.04 and as of yesterday to 11.10.
>
> After the upgrade to 11.10 the diskless machine is dead slow (most of
> the times it wont even boot completely) and the load on the server
> machine is high (25%-100% as shown from top). If in the middle of the
> diskless computer booting I do a restart of the nfs server, the client
> computer proceeds with the boot a bit more and then it gets stuck
> again. I have to restart and nfs-server 3-4 times in order to get the
> gdm login screen at the client machine
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
> Package: nfs-kernel-server 1:1.2.4-1ubuntu2
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.20-generic 3.0.4
> Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic i686
> ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu3
> Architecture: i386
> Date: Fri Oct 21 12:53:02 2011
> ProcEnviron:
> LANG=en_US.UTF-8
> SHELL=/bin/bash
> SourcePackage: nfs-utils
> UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-10-20 (1 days ago)
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