Re: nfs write speed performance... still

[Antoine Jacoutot <ajacoutot_(_at_)_lphp_(_dot_)_org>]

On Monday 08 November 2004 16:28, you wrote:
> I have a OpenBSD firewall wich amongst others have two xl "internal"
> cards; 3Com 3c905B 100Base-TX" and "3Com 3c905C 100Base-TX". One is
> connected to a OpenBSD 3.5 server and the other to a debian workstation.
> NFS transfer speeds have been somewhat unstable, but still not that
> slow. After I upgraded the firewall to 3.6 NFS speed and stability
> improved amazingly. NFS read and write operations to and from these
> computers vary from 6MB/sec to 11MB/sec, and is *stable*. That is, I use
> xl cards wich perform fine with NFS.

Man you're lucky !
Could you provide a little bit of information about how you share your NFS fs 
as well as your mounting options ?
I'm in desperate need of trying new things to make this work better.
I bought new network cards but it did not change anything (well, that's not 
entirely true, reading speed improved).
Thanks.

Antoine