> > I found io-threads on the client to be a major gain. When the client is > very busy with io tasks, io-threads seems to eliminate latency in metadata > operations (e.g., ls doesn't hang for ages). It made the client feel much > more responsive. It used to be so before the introduction of non-blocking sockets. Since then io-threads on the client side would only add a (negligible) overhead and no advantages as such. avati
