Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2003 15:25:49 -0700 From: Pedram Nimreezi <Support@Netflag.Net> To: Jason Stone <freebsd-performance@dfmm.org>, <freebsd-performance@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Slow disk write speeds over network Message-ID: <5.2.0.9.2.20030610152538.00b48be0@pop.dc3.adelphia.net> In-Reply-To: <20030610150502.H14379-100000@walter> References: <3EE595D2.B223CA19@mindspring.com>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
I'd venture to say NFS generally sucks At 03:23 PM 6/10/2003 -0700, Jason Stone wrote: >-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >Hash: SHA1 > > > > You haven't said if you were using UDP or TCP for the mounts; you > > should definitely use TCP with FreeBSD NFS servers; it's also just > > generally a good idea, since UDP frags act as a fixed non-sliding > > window: NFS over UDP sucks. > >Huh. I thought that the conventional wisdom was that on a local network >with no packet loss (and therefore no re-transmission penalties), udp was >way faster because the overhead was so much less. > >Sorry if this seems like a pretty basic question, but can you explain >this? > > > -Jason > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Freud himself was a bit of a cold fish, and one cannot avoid the suspicion > that he was insufficiently fondled when he was an infant. > -- Ashley Montagu >-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- >Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (FreeBSD) >Comment: See https://private.idealab.com/public/jason/jason.gpg > >iD8DBQE+5lpgswXMWWtptckRAqIUAKCQxIoFOoYuqhOQ5vF9JNwbTe0kbQCghJVe >HblPYP54wIyhZVGFwqrDe30= >=kbba >-----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > >_______________________________________________ >freebsd-performance@freebsd.org mailing list >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-performance >To unsubscribe, send any mail to >"freebsd-performance-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?5.2.0.9.2.20030610152538.00b48be0>