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From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc,comp.unix.solaris,comp.unix.aix
Subject: Re: ISP hardware/software choices (performance comparison)
Date: 25 Jan 1996 01:48:40 GMT
Organization: Utah Valley State College, Orem, Utah
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jk@tools.de (Juergen Keil) wrote:
[ ... ]
] Interesting. There's indeed a flag in the 2.3 (and 2.4/2.5) kernel
] that enables the routine that is responsible for Solaris' faster nfs
] write performance - this flag is set per default. If you turn off
] this flag you'll get the slower nfs write performance that is roughly
] equivalent with SunOS 4.1.x nfs server performance.
[ ... async write patch (NOT RECOMMENDED) ... ]
Thanks for posting this. I did not feel comfortable posting
private email, so was unable to reference it.
Terry Lambert
terry@cs.weber.edu
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Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present
or previous employers.