NFS: concurrent mounts may get delayed if one of the servers is not responding
Issue
Consider this scenario :
NFS_serverA -> unreachable, not responding, etc...
NFS_serverB -> reachable
If we launch two concurrent mounts to these servers, depending on the timing, mount to NFS_serverB can be delayed until NFS_serverA times out.
In some complex configs using i.e. autofs, this may cause delays if some broken mounts are involved, i.e. mounting /home for some users
Environment
- NFS
- RHEL7, RHEL8
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