On Thu, 2002-04-25 at 22:18, Mark Belanger wrote:
> What would you say about a machineY that exhibited the
> following characteristics?
> 
> 1. AnyClientN can copy large files from machineY
>    to local disk very quickly(via NFS). i.e.
>    # cp /nfs/machineY/BigFile .
> 
> 2. NFS file operations run by AnyClientN on the machineY
>    filesystem show wild variations in the time required
>    to process lstat64 and open64 system calls. i.e.
>    # find /nfs/machineY/DirWithManyFiles > /dev/null
>    This command takes any where from 1 to 20 seconds with
>    most of the time being spent in the lstat64 and open64
>    system calls.
> 
> machineY is:
> Solaris8 w/64 bit
> 2x750 UltraSparc3
> SunSwift Gigabit ethernet
> Switched Network
> Same subnet as client via vlan
> Clients are mix of Solaris 2.8, 2.7, and 2.5.1
> Linux clients are consistently as fast as heck.

For anyone interested in this...
We solved our problem with a Sun patch for the
SunSwift gigabit ethernet card.

The $1200 ethernet card we purchased 2 months ago
came with drivers that were useless.

They just don't make $1200 NICs like they use to.

Call me disgruntled.

-Mark




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