Re: FreeBSD NFS Client, Windows 2003 NFS server
On Thu, 7 Dec 2006, Harti Brandt wrote: HBOn Thu, 7 Dec 2006, M. Warner Losh wrote: HB HBMWLIn message: [EMAIL PROTECTED] HBMWLHarti Brandt [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: HBMWL: MWLDoes anybody have experience with using FreeBSD 4.x or 6.x NFS clients HBMWL: MWLagainst a Windows 2003 NFS server? What is the performance relative HBMWL: MWLto using a FreeBSD NFS server? What is the stability? Does locking HBMWL: MWLwork? Does the Windows 2003 server have extensions that grok file HBMWL: MWLsystem flags? HBMWL: HBMWL: I use this regularily (well, -CURRENT). I have no numbers, but performance HBMWL: is ok. I have the home directories on a W2003k server and it 'feels' fast HBMWL: enough. HBMWL HBMWLWe see FreeBSD to FreeBSD NFS feeling fast enough for most things, but HBMWLwhen we do a full build of our system from scratch it takes 10 hours HBMWLover NFS vs 1 hour on a local disk. We're worried that if we were to HBMWLtry to do heavy NFS traffic to a Win2003 server with SFU this would be HBMWLeven slower. HB HBOk. I did a very short test (no time to do much more). Read performance HBwith dd if=/nfs/bigfile of=/dev/null bs=4k is around 9MByte/sec. Write HBperformance with dd if=/dev/zero of=/nfs/bigfile bs=4k is 4MByte/sec. HB HBClient is something around 1GHz with a 100Mbps link. Fileserver is a HBdouble proc Xeon with a 1Gbps link. The Server has a load of around 30% HB(from the antivirus scanner). HB HB72Mbps on a 100Mbps link looks actually ok for me. I've no FreeBSD on a HBGigabit link to test with. HB HBIf you want I could try to do a buildworld. Ok. To answer my own mail. A buildworld with a local /usr/src takes 2:50h on that machine, with /usr/src on the W2003 server 3:50h. Looks not that bad. harti ___ freebsd-net@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: FreeBSD NFS Client, Windows 2003 NFS server
In message: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Harti Brandt [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: : On Thu, 7 Dec 2006, Harti Brandt wrote: : : HBOn Thu, 7 Dec 2006, M. Warner Losh wrote: : HB : HBMWLIn message: [EMAIL PROTECTED] : HBMWLHarti Brandt [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: : HBMWL: MWLDoes anybody have experience with using FreeBSD 4.x or 6.x NFS clients : HBMWL: MWLagainst a Windows 2003 NFS server? What is the performance relative : HBMWL: MWLto using a FreeBSD NFS server? What is the stability? Does locking : HBMWL: MWLwork? Does the Windows 2003 server have extensions that grok file : HBMWL: MWLsystem flags? : HBMWL: : HBMWL: I use this regularily (well, -CURRENT). I have no numbers, but performance : HBMWL: is ok. I have the home directories on a W2003k server and it 'feels' fast : HBMWL: enough. : HBMWL : HBMWLWe see FreeBSD to FreeBSD NFS feeling fast enough for most things, but : HBMWLwhen we do a full build of our system from scratch it takes 10 hours : HBMWLover NFS vs 1 hour on a local disk. We're worried that if we were to : HBMWLtry to do heavy NFS traffic to a Win2003 server with SFU this would be : HBMWLeven slower. : HB : HBOk. I did a very short test (no time to do much more). Read performance : HBwith dd if=/nfs/bigfile of=/dev/null bs=4k is around 9MByte/sec. Write : HBperformance with dd if=/dev/zero of=/nfs/bigfile bs=4k is 4MByte/sec. : HB : HBClient is something around 1GHz with a 100Mbps link. Fileserver is a : HBdouble proc Xeon with a 1Gbps link. The Server has a load of around 30% : HB(from the antivirus scanner). : HB : HB72Mbps on a 100Mbps link looks actually ok for me. I've no FreeBSD on a : HBGigabit link to test with. : HB : HBIf you want I could try to do a buildworld. : : Ok. To answer my own mail. A buildworld with a local /usr/src takes 2:50h : on that machine, with /usr/src on the W2003 server 3:50h. Looks not that bad. So we're talking 33% slower here rather than 90% slower that I see for my entire product build. So the speed is similar to what I've seen over NFS here... Warner ___ freebsd-net@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: FreeBSD NFS Client, Windows 2003 NFS server
On Fri, 8 Dec 2006, Harti Brandt wrote: On Thu, 7 Dec 2006, Harti Brandt wrote: HBOk. I did a very short test (no time to do much more). Read performance HBwith dd if=/nfs/bigfile of=/dev/null bs=4k is around 9MByte/sec. Write HBperformance with dd if=/dev/zero of=/nfs/bigfile bs=4k is 4MByte/sec. HB HBClient is something around 1GHz with a 100Mbps link. Fileserver is a HBdouble proc Xeon with a 1Gbps link. The Server has a load of around 30% HB(from the antivirus scanner). HB HB72Mbps on a 100Mbps link looks actually ok for me. I've no FreeBSD on a HBGigabit link to test with. HB HBIf you want I could try to do a buildworld. Ok. To answer my own mail. A buildworld with a local /usr/src takes 2:50h on that machine, with /usr/src on the W2003 server 3:50h. Looks not that bad. Hmm, with such slow machines, network/nfs latency shouldn't be much of a problem. Makeworld of a ~5.2 world with a Turion X2 2GHz takes 14:24m here. About 1m of this time is extra for nfs. It took a bit of work to reduce the nfs overhead from a few minutes (about 5?) to only 1. Bruce ___ freebsd-net@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
