On Wed, Dragan Cvetkovic wrote: > On Wed, 29 Jun 2005, Spencer Shepler wrote: > > >> > >>It seems that the transfer start quickly, but after some time it gets > >>slower and slower. > > > >(note: in the future the [EMAIL PROTECTED] list may be a > >better target for these discussions). > > Ah, didn't know that it exists. OK, my next problem will go there, I am > not subscribed there yet. > > >Without the aid of a snoop trace of this interaction, I am going to > >guess that there may be something going on with the x86 server. > >The NFS client, especially in Solaris 10, is aggressive about read-aheads > >and the read sizes it generates are larger than ftp would generate. > >So the classic problem is usually one where the client/server is unable > >to handle the back-to-back network traffic. > > > >To confirm something like this, a snoop trace at both the client and server > >would be needed; if such a snoop trace is generated, a pointer to it would > >be best or you can send it to me directly. > > Will do. What do you want me to snoop? cp or dd? what block size? If > copying 300MB takes 2 hours to finish, do you want the whole snoop or > shall I limit it?
Just a short (2 minutes) should suffice. HOwever, in the other mail you noted that there were the very high number of carrier_errors. That is likely the problem, right? Spencer _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
