XPost: comp.arch.embedded, comp.os.linux.networking   
   From: gah@ugcs.caltech.edu   
      
   In comp.protocols.tcp-ip Paul Keinanen  wrote:   
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   > Neither does the TCP re-establish connection from the client to the   
   > server if the server is rebooted, powered up, hardware replaced,   
   > switch to a redundant unit (and if symbolic addressing is used, change   
   > of IP address).   
      
   UDP will do some of those.  The UDP implementation of NFS is   
   pretty good at surviving server reboots and continuing on as   
   if nothing changed.   I believe the TCP implementations automatically   
   reconnect, transparent to the user.   
      
   > You still need to build an additional layer to handle these events and   
   > re-establishing connections for non-attended 24/7 operation.   
      
   -- glen   
      
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