Re: [NFS] New version of Linux NFSv3 client is out...

From: Michael Clark (mclark@klaatu.patho.gen.nz)
Date: Mon Jan 24 2000 - 04:28:52 EST


Todd Chauvin wrote:
>
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > I've put up a new version of the Linux NFSv3 client in the
> > usual place. Please find it as
> >
> > http://www.fys.uio.no/~trondmy/src/linux-2.2.14-nfsv3-0.16.11.dif.bz2
> >
>
> Hi.
>
> I thought that the readership of the list might be interested in some
> quick results with Trond's latest v3 client against a solaris7 server.
> Note that these are from a single run over a network that was quiet but
> not completely without other traffic.
>
> All tests: solaris7 server, numbers produced by bonnie with filesize 50 mbytes.
> The network is 10mbits/sec ethernet. The server and client are separated by
> both a passive hub and a smart switching hub.
>
> -------Sequential Output-------- ---Sequential Input-- --Random--
> -Per Char- --Block--- -Rewrite-- -Per Char- --Block--- --Seeks---
> Client K/sec %CPU K/sec %CPU K/sec %CPU K/sec %CPU K/sec %CPU /sec %CPU
> 2.2.14(v2) 245 3.4 156 0.2 352 0.6 7535 99.9 254938 99.6 173.3 0.9
> 2.2.14(v3-udp) 690 10.1 705 1.0 567 1.2 7337 99.3 250028 97.7 613.1 2.9
> 2.2.14(v3-tcp) 582 8.5 861 0.7 865 1.0 7373 99.8 254065 99.2 46.7 0.4
> solaris7 922 16.3 851 2.1 523 1.8 919 13.1 947 1.6 26.1 2.1

                                                           ^^^^^^
What's the story with the 250Mb/sec sequential block rate? Is the linux
client caching this data? Should it really be doing this?

Other figures looks great.

> Even with these simple numbers (with admittedly high variance), I can
> see a dramatic improvement as compared to the stock 2.2.14 v2 client.
> For reference, I've included as the last line the performance of a
> solaris7 client to the same server through the same network hubs as the
> linux machines.
>
> When I first started using linux nfs, the thoughput to solaris was a mere
> 50 K/sec! Thanks to everyone for the hard work that has made these
> dramatic improvements possible!
>
> Todd Chauvin
> chauvin@ee.washington.edu
>
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