abs wrote: > Sorry for being vague but I actually tried it with the cifs in zfs > option, but I think I will try the samba option now that you mention > it. Also is there a way to actually improve the nfs performance > specifically?
We have some recommendations for improving NFS with ZFS on the ZFS Best Practices site at solarisinternals.com. For write workloads, a separate ZIL log (slog) is a good idea. But judging from the numbers below, the client seems to be making more of a difference than the server. -- richard > > cheers, > abs > > */"Peter Brouwer, Principal Storage Architect, Office of the Chief > Technologist, Sun MicroSystems" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>/* wrote: > > Hello abs > > Would you be able to repeat the same tests for the cifs in zfs > option instead of using samba? > Would be interesting to see how the kernel cifs versus the samba > performance compare. > > Peter > > abs wrote: >> hello all, >> i have two xraids connect via fibre to a poweredge2950. the 2 >> xraids are configured with 2 raid5 volumes each, giving me a >> total of 4 raid5 volumes. these are striped across in zfs. the >> read and write speeds local to the machine are as expected but i >> have noticed some performance hits in the read and write speed >> over nfs and samba. >> >> here is the observation: >> >> each filesystem is shared via nfs as well as samba. >> i am able to mount via nfs and samba on a Mac OS 10.5.2 client. >> i am able to only mount via nfs on a Mac OS 10.4.11 client. >> (there seems to be authentication/encryption issue between the >> 10.4.11 client and solaris box in this scenario. i know this is a >> bug on the client side) >> >> when writing a file via nfs from the 10.5.2 client the speeds are >> 60 ~ 70 MB/sec. >> when writing a file via samba from the 10.5.2 client the speeds >> are 30 ~ 50 MB/sec >> >> when writing a file via nfs from the 10.4.11 client the speeds >> are 20 ~ 30 MB/sec. >> >> when writing a file via samba from a Windows XP client the speeds >> are 30 ~ 40 MB. >> >> i know that there is an implementational difference in nfs and >> samba on both Mac OS 10.4.11 and 10.5.2 clients but that still >> does not explain the Windows scenario. >> >> >> i was wondering if anyone else was experiencing similar issues >> and if there is some tuning i can do or am i just missing >> something. thanx in advance. >> >> cheers, >> abs >> >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your homepage. >> <http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=51438/*http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> zfs-discuss mailing list >> zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org >> http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss >> > > -- > Regards Peter Brouwer, > Sun Microsystems Linlithgow > Principal Storage Architect, ABCP DRII Consultant > Office: +44 (0) 1506 672767 > Mobile: +44 (0) 7720 598226 > Skype : flyingdutchman_,flyingdutchman_l > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your homepage. > <http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=51438/*http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > zfs-discuss mailing list > zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org > http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss > _______________________________________________ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
