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Date: Sun, 29 Oct 2000 18:35:31 -0700
From: "Jeff V. Merkey" <jmerkey@vger.timpanogas.org>
To: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
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Subject: Re: 2.2.18Pre Lan Performance Rocks!
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On Mon, Oct 30, 2000 at 12:04:23AM +0000, Alan Cox wrote:
> > It's still got some problems with NFS (I am seeing a few RPC timeout
> > errors) so I am backreving to 2.2.17 for the Ute-NWFS release next week,
> > but it's most impressive.
> 
> Can you send a summary of the NFS reports to nfs-devel@linux.kernel.org

Yes.  I just went home, so I am emailing from my house.  I'll post late 
tonight or in the morning.  Performance on 100Mbit with NFS going 
Linux->Linux is getting better throughput than IPX NetWare Client -> 
NetWare 5.x on the same network by @ 3%.  When you start loading up a 
Linux server, it drops off sharply and NetWare keeps scaling, however, 
this does indicate that the LAN code paths are equivalent relative to 
latency vs. MSM/TSM/HSM in NetWare.  NetWare does better caching 
(but we'll fix this in Linux next).  I think the ring transitions to 
user space daemons are what are causing the scaling problems 
Linux vs. NetWare.

:-)

Jeff
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