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 > > --- Geoff Mohler To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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