Re: Linux 2.2.1ac4

Zlatko Calusic (Zlatko.Calusic@CARNet.hr)
05 Feb 1999 23:21:48 +0100


"Steven N. Hirsch" <shirsch@adelphia.net> writes:

> On 4 Feb 1999, Zlatko Calusic wrote:
>
[snip]
> > In 2.0 era, I was writing at 20-50KB/sec (sic!). When knfs got
> > introduced in 2.1, performance slightly raised but never above
> > ~300KB/sec. And that data comes from 100MBps fdx connection!, between
> > fast machines, unloaded network.
>
> Hmm. What is the architecture of the server you are running this against?
> I see ~3.5-4 MB/sec. write and 2-3 MB/sec. reads between two Pentium class
> boxes running 2.2.1. This is with a moderately congested network using a
> non-switched hub (i.e. half-duplex).
>

Server is Solaris 2.6 Ultra 2 Enterprise.

In fact, I noticed that very occasionally I can get better than
2MB/sec writing (few times 2.8MB/sec!), but it is very rare and I've
been unable to find under which circumstances that happen. Most of the
time I'm getting around 1MB/sec.

-- 
Zlatko

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