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Subject: Re: RFC: make the experimental NFS subsystem the default one
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On Sat, 16 Apr 2011, Rick Macklem wrote:
>
>> Client throughput of
>> FreeBSD's default NFS is low. I would be hoping to get more
>> throughput. Also, modern NFS uses TCP so I would expect to use that.
>
> Hmm. At least for read rate on a large file, others see wire speed at 1Gbps
> and I think some get close to wire speed on 10Gbps. (I see wire speed for 100Mbps,
> but that doesn't say much:-)
>
> Was it read rate you were referring to or something else?

Yes, read rate.  Large file read performance was much better between 
two Solaris systems compared with Solaris as the server and FreeBSD as 
the client.  This is when using gigabit ethernet.

Bob
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