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Xref: sserve comp.os.linux.misc:13697 comp.os.386bsd.misc:2403 comp.unix.unixware:4376 comp.unix.solaris:15317 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!munnari.oz.au!constellation!mimbres.cs.unm.edu!ncar!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!usc!nic-nac.CSU.net!charnel.net.csuchico.edu!charnel!xmission!45acp.slip.com!vir From: vir@xmission.com (vir@45acp.slip.com) Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.386bsd.misc,comp.unix.unixware,comp.unix.solaris Subject: Re: A good NFS server ? Followup-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.386bsd.misc,comp.unix.unixware,comp.unix.solaris Date: 26 Apr 1994 07:07:25 GMT Organization: Salt Lake Internet Project [C]/SLIP Lines: 28 Distribution: inet Message-ID: <2piejd$h9n@xmission.xmission.com> References: <2pfj7f$d5l@gazette.bcm.tmc.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: slc4 X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] dan@dna.neusc.bcm.tmc.edu wrote: : I have been thinking about giving Linux a try, but I have heard that : it isn't a very good NFS server. What is the current state of the Linux NFS : server ? : Would FreeBSD, NetBSD, Unixware or Solaris X86 be better choices as : an NFS server ? I would be doing a lot of multi-Mbyte reads and writes to it. : How do these UNIX variants compare as far as NFS implementation is concerned ? : Please email responses. Thanks. : Cheers, : Dan Ts'o 713-798-3331 : Div. Neuroscience FAX: 713-798-3897 : Baylor College of Medicine : 1 Baylor Plaza S603 dan@dna.neusc.bcm.tmc.edu : Houston, TX 77030 tso@cephalo.neusc.bcm.tmc.edu I'm running Linux v1.1.8 as an NFS file server to 2 more Linux Platforms and UW1.1 and it works like a dream. Now where did you here that Linux is not a very good NFS Server? I've been using is since v0.99pl6 and has never croaked or loose files are run slow. The server is a 486DX25 with an Adaptec 1542B + > 4GB of storage space + CD + DAT. -- ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo o Vir Lagua, Jr. o o o vir@xmission.com o THIS SPACE FOR RENT o o Which Friends ? o o ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo