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Re: What networked filesystem to use

From	"Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid>
Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.networking
Subject	Re: What networked filesystem to use
Date	2020-11-27 20:22 +0100
Message-ID	<o7089h-9st.ln1@Telcontar.valinor> (permalink)
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On 27/11/2020 17.21, William Unruh wrote:
> On 2020-11-26, Jorgen Grahn <grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se> wrote:
>> On Wed, 2020-11-25, Carlos E.R. wrote:
>>> On 25/11/2020 21.26, Harold Johanssen wrote:
>> ...
>>>> 	My intent was, when posing this question, to get feedback on the
>>>> performance of different network filesystems with the networking
>>>> limitations that I described, from anybody who has had experience with
>>>> comparable setups. This is an all-Linux network.
>>>
>>> Depends on what the actual load your software exerts. Large files? Small 
>>> files? Random r/w access? That's the worst.
>>
>> But (I think) it could also be the scenario where you gain the most by
>> offloading the actual disk I/O to another machine, which perhaps has
>> disks with better random access, and more cache.
> 
> network speeds are (always?) slower than disk bus access speeds. Thus i
> wold expect [ local<-> network<->remote computer <-> disk] to be slower than 
> [local computer <-> disk.]

Hum.

Server side has fast SSD disk and gigabyte Ethernet (let's be modest,
not fibre). Client side is laptop with rotating rust disk, could be 5400
rpm.

In this case, NFS may have faster access speed :-D

-- 
Cheers, Carlos.

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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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