nfs question. kernel server setup

dol-sen · Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2003 6:34 pm Post subject: nfs question. kernel server setup

I have just setup an nfs server and it is working, but I believe it is using the standalone nfsd daemon insted of the compiled in nfs server. The install instructions did not say, they only refer to the nfsd. Also looking at the /etc/init.d/nfs script it calls nfsd. Do I modify the script to call the kernel's daemon? The kernel help during make menuconfig says that the kernel version is faster than the stand alone daemon, but still needs other support, but the docs don't specify which ones where it says to look . Since it is on an old slow box in a small cluster of old slow boxes any speed improvement would be beneficial.

Thanks for any help, Brian

nh8as · n00b Joined: 01 Mar 2003 Posts: 26 Location: Norway

I have noe idea, but you'll get nfs running in standalone pretty smooth if you change the blocksize's to something that your system supports nice..

But, in stead of starting a new tread, I just bumb this up, and ask I little question of mine here also, how do I run nfs version 3?
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dol-sen · Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2003 7:08 pm Post subject:

if you have the latest nfs-utils it is included. If your refering to specifying to use version 3 protocols, then I don't know, I believe it is automatic. If you check

dol-sen · Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2003 4:14 am Post subject:

I saw in the nfsmount manpage that you can pass an option to specify the version to use.

Brian

Kraymer · Guru Joined: 27 Aug 2003 Posts: 349 Location: Germany

Hi there!
I upgraded my server from 2.4.20 to 2.6.1 and nfs is definitely working slower

However, looking for someone else with that problem, I found this nice thread and added "wsize=16384,nfsvers=3" to my client's fstab, and speed increased by about 2 MB/s. It still isn't as fast as before (which I really can't understand) but it may help you as well.

Greets

Sebastian