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Date:      Thu, 13 Dec 2001 09:07:11 -0800 (PST)
From:      Geoff Mohler <gemohler@www.speedtoys.com>
To:        Mike Silbersack <silby@silby.com>
Cc:        Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: NFS: How to make FreeBSD fall on its face in one easy step 
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.10.10112130906490.54230-100000@speedracer.speedtoys.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.30.0112130215120.60355-100000@niwun.pair.com>

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Matt didnt feel the fixes were primarily performance related, just bug
fixes.

On Thu, 13 Dec 2001, Mike Silbersack wrote:

> 
> On Wed, 12 Dec 2001, Matthew Dillon wrote:
> 
> > :I suppose while were on the topic..
> > :
> > :Are there any hidden secrets to eeking out more performance from the BSD
> > :NFS client (other than version types and the normal fstab tweaks).
> > :
> > :Im the CS Labs manager at NetApp..and Im always trying to store away a
> > :secret here or there when someone comes to me with a problem in the field.
> > :
> > :FreeBSD since v2..rock on!
> >
> >     For extreme performance there are some zero-copy patches floating around
> >     which have not been integrated into the main tree.  Generally, though,
> >     your NFS performance is going to be ultimately limited by your server's
> >     disk performance.
> >
> > 					-Matt
> > 					Matthew Dillon
> 
> And if you hadn't heard, Matt just fixed a couple of bugs in the tcp stack
> which improves NFS greatly.  It sounds like after this round of NFS fixes,
> the first answer to NFS questions should be:  Upgrade to 4.5!
> 
> Mike "Silby" Silbersack
> 
> 

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Geoff Mohler


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