Robert Latham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Wed, Aug 06, 2008 at 09:41:35AM -0400, Perry E. Metzger wrote: >> >> Matt Lawrence <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> > Could be. Given the long and sordid history of NFS, I prefer to not >> > use it whenever there are practical alternatives. >> >> NFS is a fine protocol and works very well. However, traditionally the >> Linux implementation of NFS has been of less than perfect quality. You >> shouldn't confuse NFS with NFS on Linux. > > It is exceedingly difficult to perform correct parallel I/O on NFS, > let alone achieve high performance.
Not really true. There are whole firms that base their business on doing it well, like Netapp. > NFSv4 promises to make this situation better. It promises to improve all sorts of things in NFS. -- Perry E. Metzger [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf@beowulf.org To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf
