Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2001 09:10:46 -0500 From: Eric Anderson <anderson@centtech.com> To: James Lim <james@sg.freebsd.org> Cc: Bill Moran <wmoran@iowna.com>, johnp@lodgenet.com, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: File server tweaks - was: Sysadmin Article Message-ID: <3B28C5E6.AD33E7D1@centtech.com> References: <01C0F423.EC969C60.wmoran@iowna.com> <00ae01c0f447$6ca3bfa0$635e78cb@evilfry>
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We run solaris, linux (redhat), and freebsd fileservers here, all for separate uses (althought I would get rid of the linux fs's if I had 100% say in it).. I'll tell you, the freebsd runs circles around the solaris boxen.. I have only done some SMALL tweaks to it, and it seems to easily stomp all over solaris AND linux, which isn't really all that surprising to me.. I'm sure they probably weren't looking at the NFS portion of the system, which is one place freebsd is superior to (in my opinion) all other os'es.. They probably did local testing (which is pretty lame considering most fileservers are, well, file SERVERs, that serve many clients and not itself at all).. Anyway, does anyone happen to have a list of "hacks and tweaks" for fileserving? It would be interesting to see what real-world servers are doing.. Eric James Lim wrote: > > That i agree, there are more tweaks available for > the FreeBSD system itself, besides those that the > author implemented > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bill Moran" <wmoran@iowna.com> > To: "'James Lim'" <james@sg.freebsd.org>; > <johnp@lodgenet.com>; > <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> > Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2001 4:14 AM > Subject: RE: Sysadmin Article > > > The biggest goof they made is to run the system > in the default > > installation. I'm sure if they would have > enabled softupdates, FreeBSD > > would have been right up there with Linux. If > they had created a custom > > kernel, it would have been even faster. > > The default sync mode for disk access is very > reliable, but painfully slow. > > > > -Bill > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: James Lim [SMTP:james@sg.freebsd.org] > > Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2001 2:46 PM > > To: johnp@lodgenet.com; > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > > Subject: Re: Sysadmin Article > > > > Hi, > > > > Based on numerous other articles that > I > > have read. This one proves to be giving very > > incorrect results IMHO. > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "John Prince" <johnp@lodgenet.com> > > To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> > > Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2001 2:14 AM > > Subject: Sysadmin Article > > > > > > > Hello All. > > > Not wanting to start a flame war, has any > > received and or reviewed the > > > latest (July 2001) Sysadmin article titled: > > > "Which OS is Fastest for High-Performance > > Network Applications?" > > > > > > View article at: > > > > > > http://www.sysadminmag.com/articles/2001/0107/0107 > > a/0107a.htm > > > > > > I am not sure I believe the results printed. > > > > > > Comments? > > > maybe move to freebsd-chat? > > > > > > --john > > > > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to > > majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the > body > > of the message > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to > majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body > of the message > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to > majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body > of the message > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Eric Anderson anderson@centtech.com Centaur Technology (512) 418-5792 For every complex problem, there is a solution that is simple, neat, and wrong. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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