Re: NFS small files

From: Eric Anderson (anderson_at_centtech.com)
Date: 03/09/05

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    Date: Tue, 08 Mar 2005 20:24:56 -0600
    To: Peter Hessler <phessler@coverity.com>
    
    

    Peter Hessler wrote:
    > I'm setting up an NFS server to be used for compiling, and it seems that
    > while speeds are acceptable for large files, small files take much
    > longer than expected.
    >
    > Copying 10000 16K files (in a directory) takes 54seconds, while copying
    > a 170M single file takes 5s.
    >
    > Are there any tricks for speeding up small file performance? I'm
    > willing to give up large file performance.

    What mount options are you using on the client?

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