Hi, > I'm going to try jumbo frames but it'll take me a while to set it up. > I'll get back to you with the results. > Meanwhile I've been thinking about this. Please excuse my ignorance. Jumbo frames are changes at ethernet level2 but nfs is at ip level3. right? If I've been getting reasonable results using async, doesn't this indicate that my ethernet network is fast enough already? How will Jumbo frames help to solve the 'sync' issue? Thanks. Chris. > Thanks. > Chris. > > On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 5:36 PM, Chuck Lever <chucklever@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 5:32 AM, Shehjar Tikoo <shehjart@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>>> If I change the export to async, it improves a lot. >>> If you can assure uninterrupted power to the server, I dont see any >>> reason why you cant use the "async" option. >> >> If the server O/S crashes due to a bug, you are still open to silent >> data corruption. A UPS cannot help you with that. >> >> -- >> Chuck Lever >> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ NFS maillist - NFS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nfs _______________________________________________ Please note that nfs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx is being discontinued. Please subscribe to linux-nfs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx instead. http://vger.kernel.org/vger-lists.html#linux-nfs -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-nfs" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html