On Friday 17 December 2004 12:02 pm, Michael W Cocke wrote:
Using SuSE 9.2 with kernel 2.6.8-25.5, over a gigabit connection (tried both thru a Netgear switch and a crossover cable with no switch) to a second system configured identically, NFS appears to be incredibly slow -I was seeing MUCH faster transfers on the same hardware with SuSE 9.1. Did SuSE muck with NFS? If so, how do I undo it?
Are you copying large files? Are you mounting with 'sync' or 'async'? The 'sync' option *really* slows NFS down. It's a must if you're mounting homedirs and users are keeping files open in applications. If you're just copying files, it's safe to use 'async', which will greatly improve the speed. You may also want to look into tuning your network card configurations. -- James Oakley Engineering - SolutionInc Ltd. joakley@solutioninc.com http://www.solutioninc.com