Have a look at these two kernel params - I'd recommend bumping them up to 128 (they're 16 by default). sunrpc.tcp_slot_table_entries sunrpc.udp_slot_table_entries Keep in mind that this could also be a serialization issue. If you've got a 3ms latency, and you're performing all of your opens serially, you aren't going to get much faster. If you do the work in parallel you'll likely get substantially better numbers. -Aaron On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 2:08 PM, Jason Legate<linux-nfs@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, I'm trying to setup a server that we can create millions of files on over > NFS. When I run our creation benchmark locally I can get around 3000 files/ > second in the configuration we're using now, but only around 300/second over > NFS. It's mounted as this: > > rw,nosuid,nodev,noatime,nodiratime,hard,bg,nointr,rsize=32768,wsize=32768,tcp, > nfsvers=3,timeo=600,actimeo=600,nocto > > When I mount the same FS over localhost instead of across the lan, it performs > about full speed (the 3000/sec). Anyone have any ideas what I might tweak or > look at? > > We're going to be testing various XFS/LVM configs to get the best performance, > but right out the gate, NFS having a 10:1 penalty of performance doesn't bode > well. > > Thanks in advance, > Jason > -- > 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 > -- 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