Date: Thu, 13 Jun 1996 13:29:11 -0400 (EDT) From: Charles Henrich <henrich@crh.cl.msu.edu> To: af@biomath.jussieu.fr (Alain FAUCONNET) Cc: freebsd-questions@freefall.freebsd.org Subject: Re: Fast SCSI controller Message-ID: <199606131729.NAA04287@crh.cl.msu.edu> In-Reply-To: <199606131827.AA22687@iaka.biomath.jussieu.fr> from "Alain FAUCONNET" at Jun 13, 96 07:27:22 pm
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> Weird... it sounds precisely like what made me switch my desktop PC
> from Linux to FreeBSD... while running Linux, a compilation of gcc on
> a remote filesystem was bringing an otherwise idle SS10/40 on its
> knees, with its disk making a noise like a coffee grinding machine !
>
> Are you sure you're not using some strange NFS r/w block size ? or
> some especially poor net adapter ?
>
> I have nothing but praises for FreeBSD's NFS code (both server and
> client) and network layers, even on my not-too-fast 3C509 !
Its an SMC Etherpower card, and its funky. Well next time it occurs I'll try
and get a traceback if I can.
-Crh
Charles Henrich Michigan State University henrich@msu.edu
http://pilot.msu.edu/~henrich
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