On Wed, 26 Apr 2006 23:55:24 -0500, Jim C. Nasby wrote: > On Wed, Apr 26, 2006 at 07:35:42PM -0700, Steve Wampler wrote: >> On Wed, Apr 26, 2006 at 10:06:58PM -0400, Ketema Harris wrote: >> > I was wondering if there were any performance issues with having a data >> > directory that was an nfs mounted drive? Say like a SAN or NAS device? Has >> > anyone done this before? >> >> My understanding is that NFS is pretty poor in performance in general, NFS is not a good choice for several reasons. First, NFS takes priority in the system kernel, and will slow down all other operations. Your best choice, as pointed out by others, is a DAS solutions. If you must use NFS, you should consider putting it on a fast dedicated network by itself.
