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Re: What networked filesystem to use

From William Unruh <unruh@invalid.ca>
Newsgroups comp.os.linux.networking
Subject Re: What networked filesystem to use
Date 2020-11-27 16:21 +0000
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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.]
>
> (Not that I know anything about this -- I've always managed to avoid
> networked file systems.  I use rsync or Git to make the data show up
> in a local file system.)
>
> /Jorgen
>

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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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