Re: 2.6.0 NFS-server low to 0 performance

From: Trond Myklebust
Date: Sat Jan 10 2004 - 11:21:35 EST


På lau , 10/01/2004 klokka 11:08, skreiv Andi Kleen:
> Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
> > The correct solution to this problem is (b). I.e. we convert mount to
> > use TCP as the default if it is available. That is consistent with what
> > all other modern implementations do.
>
> Please do that. Fragmented UDP with 16bit ipid is just russian roulette at
> today's network speeds.

I fully agree.

Chuck Lever recently sent an update for the NFS 'mount' utility to
Andries. Among other things, that update changes this default. We're
still waiting for his comments.

Cheers,
Trond
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