NFS performance..

[Craig White]

On Sun, 2003-11-30 at 02:55, WipeOut wrote:
> Chris Miller wrote:
> 
> >Have you given NFS tcp a try?  UDP works but has its down sides.  One of
> >them being if you need to retransmit. 
> >
> >/etc/fstab
> >
> >nfs:/nfswrite    /nfswrite  nfs
> >noatime,rsize=32768,wsize=32768,actimeo=60,bg,intr,timeo=14,tcp,nfsvers=3       0 0
> >
> >
> >Works real good for me.
> >
> >
> >
> >  
> >
> I didn't try NFS over TCP, main reason being I figured that I have a 
> reliable lint between the two PC I was testing with.. UDP having a lower 
> overhead seemed the best choice for throughput.. I read that TCP was 
> only required for networks that had a lot of collisions..
> 
> I will give TCP a try anyway...
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do post up your conclusions - if any

Thamks

Craig