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hi,

I have a problem with NFS. If I use a fbsd NFS server and a linux NFS client
with a bs of 8k, it still goes 1.5 times as slow as the other way around.
After a bit of research I found out that this is because linux doesn't
support NFS v3 which can sen a next block without waiting for the first
to be confirmed. However, linux to linux nfs goes also 1.5 times as fast.
The only conclusion I can draw is that it takes freebsd 1.5 times as long
to write the filesystem. Is this true?
All filesystems were mounted async.

Marijn

] I have a problem with NFS. If I use a fbsd NFS server and a linux
] NFS client with a bs of 8k, it still goes 1.5 times as slow as
] the other way around.
]
] After a bit of research I found out that this is because linux
] doesn't support NFS v3 which can sen a next block without waiting
] for the first to be confirmed. However, linux to linux nfs goes
] also 1.5 times as fast.

So what you found out was not the cause.

] The only conclusion I can draw is that it takes freebsd 1.5 times
] as long to write the filesystem. Is this true?
] All filesystems were mounted async.

No, it's not true if the FS is mounted async.

Try two things:

1)      Change the input and output buffer size used by NFS.

2)      Look to your ethernet cards.

                                        Terry Lambert
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