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From: dillon@CORY.BERKELEY.EDU (Matt Dillon)
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Subject: Re: Amiga NFS
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Date: Sat, 17-Oct-87 14:25:54 EDT
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>	My big question is, if 1.3 enhancements for the hard disk arrives, what
>impact will this have on Ethernet interfaces? Do they share the same I/O
>bottlenecks? Will improvements on the OS interfaces regarding I/O affect 
>Ethernet as well as the hard drives?

	Software wise.... none.  NFS is usually done via a DOS device of
sorts and never touches the hard disk interface.  Since this device probably
goes directly to the ethernet controller, changes to the OS would not effect
its efficiency.

				-Matt