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Roy Wright wrote: |
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> On Nov 23, 2009, at 8:11 PM, Hal Martin wrote: |
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>> Hello all, |
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>> Sorry if it seems like this is a repeat question, but I've gone through |
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>> my Gentoo list for the past 2 years and none of the answers provided for |
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>> previous threads on this seem to work for me. Here's the situation: |
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>> /etc/exports: |
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>> /mnt/daigo 192.168.0.31(rw,insecure) |
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> A couple of years ago, I experienced the same type of issue where nfs |
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> performance was a lot lower than smb. It turned out a switch I was |
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> using was bad. I suggest first minimizing your testing network, and |
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> then swapping components such as switches. Others on the LinuxMCE |
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> list had issues with specific network drivers. |
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> I current use nfs between kubuntu, gentoo, and macbook (10.5.8 2GHz |
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> Core 2 Duo) systems. I have media volumes on the kubuntu, and both |
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> gentoo systems. I use autofs on each system for mounting the nfs |
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> volumes. Here's an example of the settings: |
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> /etc/exports: |
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> /var/media |
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> 192.168.80.0/24(async,no_subtree_check,rw,no_root_squash,insecure) |
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That's fixed it! Thanks! I'm now getting ~50MB/s over NFS. System load |
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is still up around 6, but I can live with that. |
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> /etc/auto.media: |
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> royw-gentoo -rsize=8192,wsize=8192,soft,timeo=30,rw |
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> royw-gentoo:/var/media |
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> dad-kubuntu -rsize=8192,wsize=8192,soft,timeo=30,rw |
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> dad-kubuntu:/var/media |
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> My macbook "Connect to Server": |
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> nfs://royw-gentoo/var/media/public/data |
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> nfs://dad-kubuntu/var/media/public/data |
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> The no_subtree_check and the no_root_squash parameters are left over |
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> from when I used LinuxMCE. |
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> The insecure parameter is required to allow the macbook to connect. |
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> The rsize and wsize seem to work fine for streaming dvd iso images to |
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> my gentoo XBMC system over gigabit ethernet. I've also streamed a few |
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> movies to my macbook and did not notice any performance issues. |
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Streaming movies from my gentoo box to my macbook doesn't present any |
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performance issues as the data rate is usually fairly low. |
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> My media drives are WDC WD10EACS (1TB). |
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> How are you testing performance? With test procedure I can try to |
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> duplicate. |
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Large files. I'm transferring 4-7GB .mkv files, but I believe any large |
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file would do. |
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-Hal |
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> HTH, |
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> Roy |
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