[mythtv-users] mythtv + nfs = bad?

[David Brodbeck]

Alex Pearson wrote:
> Hi All,
>         I'm not sure if this will help anyone, but I found nfs unstable 
> on my box at home (which runs a number of nfs root'd servers as well as 
> mythtv storage), I resolved the issue by setting the clients to tcp and 
> also increasing the block size.  I now use the following mount options:
>                 defaults,tcp,rsize=8192,wsize=8192 for general servers.
>                 defaults,tcp,rsize=8192,wsize=8192,actimeo=0 for mythtv.

If you're running nfsv3, I think 8192 may actually be *smaller* than the 
default block size.  So you may have reduced it, not increased it.

I'm not going to argue with it if it fixed your problem, but I now tend 
to stay away from rsize and wsize tweaks.  They were necessary for older 
NFS versions, but people have kept doing them as a sort of cargo cult 
ritual even on newer versions.