I use a server as a go-between between my Windows Vista desktop
machine and some of my linux development machines. The file server
has both a samba server for talking to the windows boxes, and an NFS
server for talking to the Linux boxes. Commonly I'll edit source using
the windows machine, and then try to compile it on the development
machines.

There is an annoying pause of about 7 seconds when I write a file
using samba before it can be read using NFS. This happens reliably
every time I write to a file. The Linux box that is trying to read the
file blocks for these 7 seconds.

I'm not sure whether the problem is with the windows box, the server,
or the linux client. Any ideas?

Thanks,
Scott