On May 29, 2007, at 5:44 PM, <thelarsons3@cox.net>  
<thelarsons3@cox.net> wrote:

> I set up my Q840 long ago to be my "software build box" before I  
> knew about or fully realized the implications of the slow SCSI on  
> these systems.  (Is Michael Zucca still around?)

I'm keeping an eye out.

>   I was wondering if by netmounting /usr/pkgsrc I'd gain anything,  
> or not?
>
> The practical limit of the 840's network is maybe 8 Mb/s, and  
> SCSI-1 can reach 5 MB/s.  If actual performance is less than 1 MB/s  
> though, it might be better to netmount!

This sounds like an almost good idea but I wonder if network is  
hobbled on a machine like this not by the throughput of the card but  
the overhead in dealing with the network stack vs. a disk subsystem  
where the overhead should be lower for setup when doing IOs.