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From: p554mve@mpirbn.mpifr-bonn.mpg.de (Michael van Elst)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.ultrix
Subject: Re: Will prestoserve help a client
Message-ID: <1864@mpirbn.mpifr-bonn.mpg.de>
Date: 18 Mar 91 09:29:11 GMT
References: <1991Mar11.204258.29415@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu> <1991Mar11.213800.7596@decuac.dec.com> <PCG.91Mar17180404@aberdb.test.aber.ac.uk>
Reply-To: p554mve@mpirbn.UUCP (Michael van Elst)
Organization: Max-Planck-Institut fuer Radioastronomie, Bonn
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In article <PCG.91Mar17180404@aberdb.test.aber.ac.uk> pcg@test.aber.ac.uk (Piercarlo Antonio Grandi) writes:
>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?

Lots and lots but on the server the NFS accelerator isn't just an extension
to the buffer cache. It is an extension of the disk drive that makes
synchronous NFS operations much faster.
On the client it doesn't help and you'd better go with more memory for the
regular cache.

Regards,
-- 
Michael van Elst
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