Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2000 11:28:18 -0500 From: "Steven E. Ames" <seames@winstar.com> To: "Tom" <tom@sdf.com> Cc: <freebsd-isp@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Good mount options for NetApp 760 Message-ID: <001f01bfd48b$383085f0$851a050a@winstar.com> References: <Pine.BSF.4.05.10006112206430.20580-100000@misery.sdf.com>
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Trial and Error testing... Mmm.... at present the setup is very simple: netapp-1:/vol/vol0/export/laf/home /home nfs rw,userquota,nosuid This is running under FBSD 4.0-STABLE which defaults (I believe) to UDP/NFSv3. I was hoping that someone had already done the legwork and I would just stand on their shoulders. *grin* -Steve ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom" <tom@sdf.com> To: "Steven Ames" <steve@cioe.com> Sent: Monday, June 12, 2000 12:09 AM Subject: Re: Good mount options for NetApp 760 > > On Fri, 9 Jun 2000, Steven Ames wrote: > > > I'm running a handful of machines that are 4.0-STABLE. They are connected > > to a NetApp F760 via 100Mbit full-duplex ethernet. Can anyone suggest good > > NFS mount options to get maximum performance? > > > > -Steve > > > I'd like to know that as well. I guess some empirical study should give > you the answer though. NetApp makes a benchmark utility called postmark > that should help. It can also help stress test your setup too. > > I suspect that NFSv3 mounts over UDP would give the best performance. > Though TCP mounts on the NetApp are supposed to be be pretty fast too. > NFSv3 should be significantly faster than NFSv2 because of better > directory handling. > > > Tom > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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