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What is the impact of changing the NFSv4 lease timeout value '-v4-lease-seconds'

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Applies to

  • ONTAP 9
  • NFSv4

Answer

Changing the NFSv4 lease timeout value '-v4-lease-seconds' can have several impacts on operations, depending on the customer's application and network environment:
  • Changing the lease timeout value can affect the latency of NFS operations.
  • A shorter lease timeout might lead to more frequent disconnections in environments with intermittent activity, while a longer lease timeout can delay recovery from stale connections.
  • If there are network segmentation issues, increasing the lease timeout, might not resolve the underlying problem and could lead to further complications.

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