>>>>> "Frank" == Frank van der Linden <frank@fwi.uva.nl> writes:

Frank> John Maier writes:
>> What does NFS V3 code afford over V2?
Frank> To name a few points:
Frank>   - improved write throughput ('unsafe' writes on the server side)

Strictly speaking, it's not unsafe writes, but rather strongly hinted
client writes.  The client can send many writes specifying they can be
cached on the server, and later send a commit request to insure the data
makes it to disk.

This works great, e.g. sequential writes to large files don't need to be
synced to disk until the file is closed.

I see about 2x write speed improvement between two x86 boxes on an
ethernet.

==John