Frankly, I don't see why any NFS server should NOT be multithreaded. Most operating systems running NFS server processes end up running more than one of them, to handle multiple parallel incoming requests. And being that processor technology is moving in the direction of multi-core multi-threaded processors as the norm (hence those processors won't end up costing much more than simpler ones as time goes on), it's just not worth worrying about to my mind... Also, keep in mind that the average linux(unix) type system is running lots of processes in parallel to support the general operation of the machine, in addition to the specific set of processes that comprise the intended service (e.g. NFS servers). Ken ---------- On Feb 9, 2011, at 5:20 PM, Matty Sarro wrote: Hey everyone, This is a pretty simple question but I can't seem to find the answer. I'm looking to purchase a dedicated NFS server. Most of the vendors are pushing quad/hex core processors. There's one model left that still has a dual core. So far as I can tell, the default NFS server isn't multithreaded, so even dual core is going to be overkill. The server is going to be getting Log data copied to it N times a day, where N is the number of times the files reach a certain size. The only other thing the server will be doing is running a cron job which deletes files that are more than 60 days old. Pretty simple, right? The only reason I can see justifying a quad core processor is if NFS is multithreaded. Thoughts? -Matthew -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
