Subject: Re: Raising NFS parameters for higher bandwith or "long fat pipe"
To: YAMAMOTO Takashi <yamt@mwd.biglobe.ne.jp>
From: Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.lip6.fr>
List: tech-net
Date: 12/26/2003 17:43:43
On Wed, Dec 24, 2003 at 07:29:21AM +0900, YAMAMOTO Takashi wrote:
> > > > What hardware do you have on the server side ?
> > > 
> > > i386 1.6ZG, 8 nfsds, P4-2.4GHz, 1G memory, ide drive, fxp.
> > 
> > He, note that your test file fits in ram on the server side (it's 1000MB,
> > you have 1024MB).
> 
> i think large page cache on the server doesn't help write performance so much.

It does, because I think the key problem here is latency (because of
bandwith*latency). 

> besides, i flushed page cache on the server before reading.

You mean, you rebooted it ?

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Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
     NetBSD: 23 ans d'experience feront toujours la difference
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