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To: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@eklektix.com>
Subject: Re: first thread
From: Mitchell Blank Jr <mitch@execpc.com>
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1999 10:34:00 -0600
Cc: linux-future@nl.linux.org
In-Reply-To: <19990128162725.22728.qmail@eklektix.com>; from Jonathan Corbet on Thu, Jan 28, 1999 at 09:27:25AM -0700
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Jonathan Corbet wrote:
> NFSv3.  The current NFS implementation - while improved - still puts Linux
> at a serious disadvantage in large network environments where top-quality
> NFS performance is required.  I actually hope we'll see this one as a 2.2.x
> add-on.  If only I could find some time to help make that happen...

I think NFSv3 is a smaller issue.  From what I've gathered, the biggest
NFS performance gotcha is that write-combining (and to some extent
read-ahead) are sub optimal.

-Mitch
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Linux-future: thinking about the future of the Linux kernel
http://humbolt.nl.linux.org/lists/

References:
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  - From: Rik van Riel <riel@nl.linux.org>
- Re: first thread
  - From: corbet@eklektix.com (Jonathan Corbet)
- Re: first thread
  - From: corbet@eklektix.com (Jonathan Corbet)

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