[Sunhelp] solaris vs linux

[Steve Mynott]

On Wed, May 12, 1999 at 10:03:43AM +0530, ravi katti wrote:

> Now my problem is if i am using my home directory files for some work on
> linux machine the job is finished much quicker than on my slc the
> environment being similar on both the machines. Both my linux as well as
> slc have 10mbps network card and are used by single person and both of
> them are accessing /home which is on ss10.
> 
> Also when the linux machine is on with file systems of solaris mounted on
> it other users who have logged onto sun systems find that network/system
> has slowed down. Now if i shutdowm ny linux the network/system is okay and
> the sun users are happy.

I believe there have traditionally been problems with Linux/SUN NFS
perforance.

Although I don't have a linux box here to check I think it might be
worth downloading a recent (2.2.x) kernel and checking the compile
options.  I think I saw an option for better Sun NFS compatibility.

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