Date: Thu, 20 May 2004 13:04:39 +0300 From: Petri Helenius <pete@he.iki.fi> To: Christian Hiris <4711@chello.at> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Max NFSD processes Message-ID: <40AC82B7.7040906@he.iki.fi> In-Reply-To: <200405201058.34008.4711@chello.at> References: <40ABD7C8.7050405@centtech.com> <200405201058.34008.4711@chello.at>
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Christian Hiris wrote: > >About a year ago i observed strong nfs performance decrease when using >RLT8139A nics. Nfs transfers leaded into high system load, because of an >excessive high packet retransmission rate. Switching over to 3Com nics solved >my problem. > > The specific model and it's close relatives is only suitable for light use, like basic web surfing, small remote-monitoring applications, etc. The more recent realtek chips support more sane ways to access the hardware and wastly increased performance. You'll want RTL8139C+, RTL8169, etc. which use the "re" driver instead of the "rl" driver. Pete
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