Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!gatech!purdue!ames!apple!dwells
From: dwells@Apple.COM (Dave Wells)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aux
Subject: Re: NFS mounting from Macs
Message-ID: <31396@apple.Apple.COM>
Date: 23 May 89 06:28:35 GMT
References: <415@wizard.UUCP>
Distribution: usa
Organization: Apple Computer Inc, Cupertino, CA
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In article <415@wizard.UUCP> john@wizard.UUCP (John Danner) writes:
>Can someone explain to me why a Mac using the same hard drive as a Sun386i
>might be significantly slower as an NFS server?  There seems to be a 
>significantly longer amount of time needed to transfer large files or to
>save a large file under emacs, etc.  I have heard something like A/UX's
...

The method used to prepare the disk for A/UX use is very important to
the performance of any drive.  I take it you've already tried and experienced
poor performance?  The most common pitfall in preparing HDs for A/UX use
has to be the mkfs command.  What options did you specify? 
Be _very_ careful with the gap parameter  It defaults to 7 and can kill
disk performance. 

-Dave

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