Date: Tue, 14 May 2002 07:21:41 +0200 From: Thierry Herbelot <thierry@herbelot.com> To: Mike Hoskins <mike@adept.org> Cc: stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: NFS server reccomendations... Message-ID: <3CE09EE5.4F92B8BB@herbelot.com> References: <20020513163658.G43054-100000@snafu.adept.org>
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Hello, As the SMP architecture of 4.x is a bit simplistic : only one processor can run the kernel at any one time, there is NO gain using an SMP machine for I/O (disk or network) Thus, an SMP machine may not be the best choice for an NFS server (exchanging one processor for even more RAM is a better bet). TfH Mike Hoskins wrote: > > Just grabbed a new Dell 4600 to replace an aging NFS server. I'm done > with the 4.5-R install. This box does NFS for our Dev and QA > environments, so often seens quite a bit of load. I'll be doing SMP, > and was wondering, > > a) Would I be better off grabbing the latest security > enhancements for 4.5, or just waiting for 4.6-R? > b) Any NFS/SMP-specific kernel tuning? (Beside what's found > on freebsd.org...) > > I know there are a lot of NFS gurus around. :) > > Later, > -Mike > > -- > "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary > safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." --Benjamin Franklin > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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