Path: utzoo!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!bellcore!uunet!mcsun!ukc!dcl-cs!aber-cs!athene!pcg From: pcg@test.aber.ac.uk (Piercarlo Antonio Grandi) Newsgroups: comp.unix.ultrix Subject: Re: Will prestoserve help a client Message-ID: Date: 17 Mar 91 18:04:04 GMT References: <1991Mar11.204258.29415@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu> <1991Mar11.213800.7596@decuac.dec.com> Sender: aro@aber-cs.UUCP Organization: Coleg Prifysgol Cymru Lines: 17 Nntp-Posting-Host: aberdb In-reply-to: mjr@hussar.dco.dec.com's message of 11 Mar 91 21:38:00 GMT On 11 Mar 91 21:38:00 GMT, mjr@hussar.dco.dec.com (Marcus J. Ranum) said: mjr> puglia@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu writes: puglia> Will prestoserve help improve NFS performance if it is puglia> installed on a client? My gut reaction is no, but puglia> DEC presales claims that it might. Who is right? mjr> Nope. It might improve other client file-system I/O (writing file mjr> system meta-data) but it won't help the client do NFS. Rethorical question: how many megabytes of extra disk buffer cache on the client or server can you buy for the cost of one NFS accelerator? -- Piercarlo Grandi | ARPA: pcg%uk.ac.aber@nsfnet-relay.ac.uk Dept of CS, UCW Aberystwyth | UUCP: ...!mcsun!ukc!aber-cs!pcg Penglais, Aberystwyth SY23 3BZ, UK | INET: pcg@aber.ac.uk