[OpenAFS] mkdir() performance on AFS client

milek@task.gda.pl milek@task.gda.pl
Thu, 23 Jan 2014 11:37:46 -0000


Hi,

Recently I came across an issue where 'make install' which was installing
software to AFS was taking *much* more time on a Solaris client than on
Linux client. The issue turned out to be a lack of optimization on VFS layer
in Solaris, and VOP_MKDIR in AFS isn't optimized for it either (on Linux it
doesn't have to be). This can be mitigated though by changing default
setting for AFS file server.

For more details see -
http://milek.blogspot.co.uk/2014/01/mkdir-performance.html


Best regards,
 Robert Milkowski