Have you given NFS tcp a try? UDP works but has its down sides. One of them being if you need to retransmit. /etc/fstab nfs:/nfswrite /nfswrite nfs noatime,rsize=32768,wsize=32768,actimeo=60,bg,intr,timeo=14,tcp,nfsvers=3 0 0 Works real good for me. On Sat, 2003-11-29 at 01:39, WipeOut wrote: > Craig White wrote: > > >---- > >I was hoping to see some interest in this thread as I am about to do the > >same thing - obvious the permissions on the NAS aren't the same if you > >use Samba > > > >Craig > > > > > > > I eventually worked out why there was such a huge write performance > difference between NFS and Samba.. > > Basically Samba by default will buffer writes to the hard drive.. NFS > will not, NFS will confirm that the data has bee written to dike before > it continues which means that the data integrity is taking preference > ofer performance when using NFS.. > > You can override this by adding the "async" option to the NFS export.. > when you do this NFS will buffer the writes and is actually then faster > than Samba (probably down to the fact that its using UDP instead of > TCP).. When buffering the writes in any system there is a chance of data > loss in the event of a power failure or a server crash.. > > Anyway I found this quite useful that I am able to decied on a per > export basis wheather its more important to have write performance or > data integrity.. > > So I will certainly be using NFS for my system because there will be no > Windows systems that I need to maintain communications with.. > > Later.. > > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list >
