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>>>>> " " == Mike Black <mblack@csihq.com> writes:

     > But my timeouts were only 10 seconds -- well below the timeo
     > and retrans timeout periods.  And my network traffic shows that

According to the 'nfs' manpage, the default timeo on the mount in
util-linux is usually 0.7 seconds. retrans is 3.

  0.7 + 1.4 + 2.8 = 4.9 seconds < 10...

     > this is the client causing the problem NOT the server.  It's
     > the read() that pauses for 10 seconds and then the NFS write
     > immediately returns EIO.  So...I don't think soft mounts has
     > anything to do with it.

I think it does.

Cheers,
  Trond