Date: Mon, 3 Jun 2002 15:25:48 -0700 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Terry Todd <tlt@badger.tltodd.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD 5.0dp1 nfs server to Red Hat nfs client extremely slow Message-ID: <20020603152547.A32050@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <20020603102416.A98405@badger.tltodd.com>; from tlt@badger.tltodd.com on Mon, Jun 03, 2002 at 10:24:16AM -0500 References: <20020603102416.A98405@badger.tltodd.com>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Mon, Jun 03, 2002 at 10:24:16AM -0500, Terry Todd wrote: > I created a ufs file system on a 5.0dp1 FreeBSD system and exported > it. One of my users complained that it was 10 times slower than > other systems. I ran some tests using "dd if=/dev/zero of=somefile > bs=1024k count=256". Sure enough his system took 17 minutes to > complete that command when writing to the nfs mounted file system > I had created. He is running 7.2 Red Hat linux. I found other RH > linux systems had similar times. However, other FreeBSD and > Slackware systems could complete the command in 30-45 seconds. > Does anyone have any idea what the problem might be? I noticed > the RH systems didn't have NFSv3 support. I don't know if that > would cause such a drastic difference or not. Um, well if you're comparing apples and oranges you should expect them to taste different. Yes, the fact that you're using an older version of the NFS protocol will matter. Kris [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE8++zrWry0BWjoQKURAriWAKCYGYKZv5NOF6a5V475MwDwD4a6+ACgwTTN LhLnO8zLelccwZupklT8CeU= =1Xyp -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----help
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