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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.benchmarks,comp.protocols.nfs Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!paladin.american.edu!europa.chnt.gtegsc.com!gatech!swrinde!howland.reston.ans.net!ix.netcom.com!netcom.com!bsw From: bsw@netcom.com (Bruce Sterling Woodcock) Subject: Re: NFS performance: What am I doing wrong with FreeBSD? Message-ID: <bswDMJLz1.5nx@netcom.com> Organization: Netcom Online Communications Services (408-241-9760 login: guest) References: <4fg59k$fmp@galaxy.ucr.edu> Distribution: inet Date: Sat, 10 Feb 1996 04:33:01 GMT Lines: 22 Sender: bsw@netcom15.netcom.com Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:13548 comp.os.linux.development.system:17045 comp.benchmarks:11266 comp.protocols.nfs:13364 In article <4fg59k$fmp@galaxy.ucr.edu> grif@corsa.ucr.edu (Michael Griffith) writes: >I've heard from "far and wide" about how studly FreeBSD's NFS >performance is. Unfortunately, I have not been able to reproduce it. >Any hints? Here are the benchmarks that I ran. In nearly every case, >the Linux box (with twice the RAM, but a sorry ethernet card, and some >load) performed better than FreeBSD. How many nfsd's are you running on FreeBSD as compared to linux? If those are the same, then I'd make the memory in the FreeBSD machine the same as linux, and then re-run the tests. If FreeBSD still loses, then it's implementation probably isn't as good (assuming no other major hardware differences, which we can't really tell given the information provided). Bruce -- Bruce Sterling Woodcock --- Systems Administrator ][ sterling@netcom.com The views and opinions expressed in this message ][ sterling@netapp.com are not necessarily those of NETCOM nor of my ][ sterling@well.com current employer, Network Appliance Corporation. ][ sterling@egbt.org