FlexCache Volume Write Operations Hang with NFS4ERR_DELAY
Applies to
- ONTAP 9
- NFSv4.1
- Flexcache
- Flexcache Volume with write-back enabled
- Multi-constituent FlexCache Volume
Issue
- Write and delete operations to a FlexCache volume intermittently hang when accessed via NFSv4.1.
- Read operations are unaffected
- Packet traces show NFS4ERR_DELAY errors on NFSv4.1 lookup operations :
27412 10.1.1.11 10.1.1.9 NFS 12386 V4 Call (Reply In 27458) WRITE StateID: 0x961a Offset: 3698524160 Len: 65536V4 Call (Reply In 35027) LOOKUP DH: 0xa444455/cluster.com35027 10.19.146.9 10.19.146.11 NFS 166 V4 Reply (Call In 27412) LOOKUP Status: NFS4ERR_DELAY