From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Mar 4 15:58:25 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id PAA10264 for hackers-outgoing; Mon, 4 Mar 1996 15:58:25 -0800 (PST) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id PAA10256 for ; Mon, 4 Mar 1996 15:58:21 -0800 (PST) Received: from msmith@localhost by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.6.12/8.6.9) id KAA14958; Tue, 5 Mar 1996 10:32:04 +1030 From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199603050002.KAA14958@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: xfs not working properly To: terry@lambert.org (Terry Lambert) Date: Tue, 5 Mar 1996 10:32:03 +1030 (CST) Cc: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au, monboso@masternet.it, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <199603041819.LAA06257@phaeton.artisoft.com> from "Terry Lambert" at Mar 4, 96 11:19:00 am MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk Terry Lambert stands accused of saying: > > [ ... re: using xfs ... ] > > > Please get your facts straight here. The FreeBSD NFS server is not "much > > slower", the problem is that the _DOS_clients_ are "much slower". > > The DOS clients are generally broken, unless they have local cache, > but the FreeBSD NFS server is also "much slower". Hmm. I'll agree that NFS servers are, in general, not so snappy, but the FreeBSD server does a pretty good job, really. It's certainly not responsible for the atrocious performance the original poster was complaining about. > Terry Lambert -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] Collector of old Unix hardware. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[