[CentOS] Fwd: RHEL5 network throughput/scalability

2008-06-13 Thread Walid
Hi All, I have posted this messgage yesterday in the Beowulf mailing list, and did not get any responses, as i have tried different Centos kernels to see if the behaviour changes or not, and it did not change much, I am posting it here, I hope no one minds, and thanks in advance for any pointers

Re: [CentOS] Fwd: RHEL5 network throughput/scalability

2008-06-13 Thread Bent Terp
I have an issue with a new cluster setup where the nodes are RHEL5.1(with the latest 5.2 kernel), when i try to write NFS data, the nodes scale Have you tried the latest bz32 kernel from Johnny? http://people.centos.org/hughesjr/kernel/5/ I have kind of lost faith in RH kernels as far as

Re: [CentOS] Fwd: RHEL5 network throughput/scalability

2008-06-13 Thread Walid
Hi Bent, Have you tried the latest bz32 kernel from Johnny? http://people.centos.org/hughesjr/kernel/5/ I have kind of lost faith in RH kernels as far as NFS performance is concerned - and yes, I know that the bz32 issue is supposedly solved in 5.2 but until we can positively confirm