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I'm curious was to what other customers are doing..
For all the different flavors of *nix, what mount options are you using?
As per guide, you should use hard monunt.
https://library.netapp.com/ecmdocs/ECMP12454943/html/GUID-A407A4BE-A7FD-4BD6-A8ED-30477DDBB8B8.html
Please have a look on below page. This page provide a brief outlook of both mount type.
https://www.centos.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=8787