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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
