You mention this filer is used for a DB. I'll assume Oracle.
You really should have a direct crossover connection between
the filer and the Sun, preferably gigabit ethernet.
Aaron
> -----Original Message-----
> From: foo [mailto:foo+netapp@eek.org]
> Sent: Friday, July 28, 2000 12:18 AM
> To: toasters@mathworks.com
> Subject: Performance probs with UDP NFSv3.
>
>
> Has anyone else experienced performance problems using UDP
> NFSv3 between
> Solaris 2.7 and an F760 (running 5.3.5R2)?
>
> Using v3 I get the following errors intermittently:
>
> Jul 27 20:41:07 bullwinkle unix: NFS server 10.20.10.10 not
> responding still trying
> Jul 27 20:41:07 bullwinkle unix: NFS server 10.20.10.10 ok
> Jul 27 20:42:06 bullwinkle unix: NFS server 10.20.10.10 not
> responding still trying
> Jul 27 20:42:06 bullwinkle unix: NFS server 10.20.10.10 ok
> Jul 27 20:43:30 bullwinkle unix: NFS server 10.20.10.10 not
> responding still trying
> Jul 27 20:43:30 bullwinkle unix: NFS server 10.20.10.10 ok
> Jul 27 20:45:40 bullwinkle unix: NFS server 10.20.10.10 not
> responding still trying
> Jul 27 20:45:40 bullwinkle unix: NFS server 10.20.10.10 ok
>
> When I switched the mount to v2 (udp), these errors went away, and
> performance seemed to increase. Netapp documentation
> recommends v3, but it
> doesnt seem to work very well in my environment.
>
> Since this filer is used for a DB, this is causing huge
> problems. Should I
> just leave it at v2, or is worth trying to determine why v3
> is performing
> poorly?
>
> -Brian
>
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