Re: Linux NFS vs NetApp

[Anton Blanchard <anton@xxxxxxxxx>]

> I am trying to understand how NetApp can be so much
> better at NFS servicing than my quad Opteron 250 SAN
> attached machine.  So I need some help and some
> pointers to understand how I can make my opteron
> machine come on par (or within 70% NFS performance
> range) as that of my NetApp R200.  I have run through
> the NFS-how-to's and have heard "that is why they cost
> so much more", but I really have to consider that
> probably most of the ideas that are in the NetApp are
> common knowldge (just not in my head).
> 
> Can anyone shed some light on this?

Definitely sounds like something is wrong. You can do your own
comparisons of Linux 2.6 vs Netapp here (the OpenPower 720 is a ppc64
Linux box):

http://www.spec.org/sfs97r1/results/sfs97r1.html

Anton
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