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Performance Difference Between Linux NFS Server and Netapp

DISCUSSION Hugh Caley 1 participant 1 message Jul 14, 2005

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Thank you! Just the sort of thing I'm looking for ...

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From: Chris Penney <[email protected]>
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Subject: Re: [NFS] Performance Difference Between Linux NFS Server and Netapp

On 7/14/05, Hugh Caley <[email protected]> wrote:=20

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A valid point, of course, but I don't think I'm actually expecting a single NFSd to act like an expensive Netapp. I do think that wondering why the Netapp is twice as fast for a sequential write is a valid question, even if the OS and NFS server subsystem are free. I was kind of hoping someone would just say "you're getting what you should expect to get" or "wow, that's slow, try this and this and this".

You referenced that you were getting 300 megabits (or 37MB/s). I have=20 several SLES 9 nfs servers (using self compiled 2.6.11.5
<http://2.6.11.5>kernel) running on IBM x345 hardware (dual cpu pentum 4, 2gb ram, dual
qlogic hbas) connected to a single LSI storage array that presents four lun= s=20 ...

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