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Re: What networked filesystem to use

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On 2020-11-25, Harold Johanssen <noemail@please.net> wrote:
> 	I have a setup in which my system has a limited amount of disk 
> space, but I am in a network with access to a server with all but 
> infinite amounts of disk space available. I need to use my system to 
> carry out lengthy software compilations, the kind that takes lots of disk 
> space. I therefore have to access disk space from the server above over 
> the 100 Mb LAN.
>
> 	My question would be, What filesystem is likely to deliver the 
> best performance under the circumstances described?
>
> 	I have tried with NFS, and it is not great. I will try next SSHFS 
> and WebDAV, but if anybody has experience with these, and other networked 
> filesystems, your feedback would be much appreciated.

I have no idea what "not great" means. eo  have a 100Mb/s ethernet, that
is about 10MB/s maximum, which is usually more like 1-5MB/s (remember
b=bits, and B=bytes, with a ratio of about 10 between them.) I suspect
that is the blockage and anything else is going add additional overhead
and slow things down more. sshfs has the advantage of encrytion in
flight, so if you are worried about someone hacking your connection
between your computer and the server, that may be a good idea. On the
other hand if it is inside your home, and you are worried about hackers,
maybe you have more severe problems than networking. If the server is
remote, then you have the problems of all of the routers between you and
the server slowing things down still more.
Buy another disk for your computer.

Note that software compilations are horrible to do with remote storage.
You want a local disk, preferably an SSD. There is far too much data churn in
compilations.


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What networked filesystem to use Harold Johanssen <noemail@please.net> - 2020-11-25 18:00 +0000
  Re: What networked filesystem to use Tauno Voipio <tauno.voipio@notused.fi.invalid> - 2020-11-25 20:17 +0200
  Re: What networked filesystem to use Scott Hemphill <hemphill@hemphills.net> - 2020-11-25 13:45 -0500
  Re: What networked filesystem to use Grant Taylor <gtaylor@tnetconsulting.net> - 2020-11-25 12:20 -0700
  Re: What networked filesystem to use Grant Taylor <gtaylor@tnetconsulting.net> - 2020-11-25 12:21 -0700
  Re: What networked filesystem to use David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2020-11-25 20:32 +0100
    Re: What networked filesystem to use William Unruh <unruh@invalid.ca> - 2020-11-25 21:19 +0000
  Re: What networked filesystem to use Harold Johanssen <noemail@please.net> - 2020-11-25 20:26 +0000
    Re: What networked filesystem to use Scott Hemphill <hemphill@hemphills.net> - 2020-11-25 17:21 -0500
    Re: What networked filesystem to use "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2020-11-26 00:04 +0100
      Re: What networked filesystem to use Jorgen Grahn <grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se> - 2020-11-26 07:27 +0000
        Re: What networked filesystem to use William Unruh <unruh@invalid.ca> - 2020-11-27 16:21 +0000
          Re: What networked filesystem to use "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2020-11-27 20:22 +0100
      Re: What networked filesystem to use David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2020-11-26 09:22 +0100
        Re: What networked filesystem to use Johann Beretta <beretta@nun-ya-bizness.com> - 2020-11-27 22:37 -0800
          Re: What networked filesystem to use David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2020-11-28 16:22 +0100
            Re: What networked filesystem to use Johann Beretta <beretta@nun-ya-bizness.com> - 2020-11-28 12:37 -0800
              Re: What networked filesystem to use David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2020-11-29 13:26 +0100
                Re: What networked filesystem to use Johann Beretta <beretta@nun-ya-bizness.com> - 2020-11-29 10:44 -0800
                Re: What networked filesystem to use William Unruh <unruh@invalid.ca> - 2020-11-29 19:33 +0000
                Re: What networked filesystem to use Johann Beretta <beretta@nun-ya-bizness.com> - 2020-11-29 13:59 -0800
                Re: What networked filesystem to use David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2020-11-29 22:02 +0100
                Re: What networked filesystem to use Johann Beretta <beretta@nun-ya-bizness.com> - 2020-11-29 14:01 -0800
                Re: What networked filesystem to use David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2020-11-29 23:39 +0100
  Re: What networked filesystem to use "Tristan B. Kildaire" <deavmi@redxen.eu> - 2021-01-18 14:04 +0200
    Re: What networked filesystem to use Jim Jackson <jj@franjam.org.uk> - 2021-01-18 17:57 +0000
  Re: What networked filesystem to use William Unruh <unruh@invalid.ca> - 2021-01-18 18:21 +0000

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