Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2002 11:37:06 -0500 From: Peter Chiu <pccb@yahoo.com> To: Arcady Genkin <agenkin@cdf.toronto.edu> Cc: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org, gtabug <chat@gtabug.org> Subject: Re: gtabug - production NFS server -- which OS to go? Message-ID: <8938301694.20020111113706@yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <uoofk0dh0u.fsf@bashful.cdf.toronto.edu> References: <uoofk0dh0u.fsf@bashful.cdf.toronto.edu>
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http://kerneltrap.org/article.php?sid=415 I would suggest running that fsx program against your box and take it from there. Friday, January 11, 2002, 10:49:37 AM, you wrote: AG> Does anyone know of a good, unbiased evaluation of AG> Solaris/Linux/FreeBSD as NFS server? Preferably third-party. We are AG> facing hardware/software upgrade at the computer lab of around 300 AG> workstations (half Linux, half Solaris). We have a Solaris/Sparc box AG> for our NFS server right now, but it will be upgraded to something. AG> The question is: what? AG> Since most of the clients are Linux (Solaris workstations are probably AG> going to be replaced by i386 boxes with Linux), it would kinda make AG> sense to have Linux for NFS server, but in the past I heard Bad Things AG> about the NFS server side of Linux. If, say, FreeBSD could be shown AG> to be a serious contender, this may be the chance to introduce some AG> BSD boxes into our environment. The boss leans towards Solaris, our AG> Linux resident ;) wants Linux; I'm the only one with any *BSD exposure AG> *and* I'm the new kid on the block. So, if there are any arguments AG> for FreeBSD, they need to be especially convincing. ;^) AG> Any pointers would be highly appreciated, -- Peter \\|// (o o) +-------------------------oOOo-(_)-oOOo-----------------------------+ EMail : mailto:pccb(at)yahoo(dot)com PGPkey : http://www.pchiu.com/pgpkey.txt PGP fingerprint: 5167 897D A043 423E 9266 E67F 3A13 0394 B893 A931 +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ wrong polarity of neutron flow To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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