From: "Wendy Cheng" Subject: NFS & 2.4 VM Performance Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2003 13:20:33 -0500 Sender: nfs-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Message-ID: <017401c2f944$8d096250$19103942@tamarac> Reply-To: "Wendy Cheng" Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Return-path: Received: from [66.105.142.2] (helo=falconstorex.falconstor.com) by sc8-sf-list1.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 3.31-VA-mm2 #1 (Debian)) id 190mqh-0000Rm-00 for ; Wed, 02 Apr 2003 10:20:35 -0800 To: Errors-To: nfs-admin@lists.sourceforge.net List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Discussion of NFS under Linux development, interoperability, and testing. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: We're looking into using Linux as a file server and would like to know more about NFS performance in general. If possible, we prefer 2.4.x kernel - unfortunately, a discussion archived in "mlist.linux.kernel" news group raises concerns: http://www.ussg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0104.0/0598.html It said that the 2.4 VM was lacking the ability to efficiently manage page fragmentation that, in turns, would cause few free buddied pages available for NFS requests, etc. Since the discussion was held long time ago (April 2001), I'm wondering whether the newer versions of kernel (say 2.4.19) has any fixes or patches to eliminate/alleviate the problems ? Or should we just directly jump into 2.5.x kernel ? Thank you for the helps. Wendy ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: ValueWeb: Dedicated Hosting for just $79/mo with 500 GB of bandwidth! No other company gives more support or power for your dedicated server http://click.atdmt.com/AFF/go/sdnxxaff00300020aff/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ NFS maillist - NFS@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nfs