[OpenAFS] OpenAFS directory update is SLOW. Performance tuning?

[Nathan Neulinger]

Jean-Marc Chaton wrote:
> 
> * Noel Burton-Krahn [Fri, 22/03/2002 at 16:26 -0800]
> > Thanks for the suggestion.  However I notice that my Linux AFS client works
> > quite well.  My WinXP client on the other hand is really sluggish.  Both
> > clients are on the same box.  The Linux client is actually running emulated
> > under VMWare  (which is a wonderful product!) and it still beats un-emulated
> > WinXP hands down.  A CVS update under WinXP on an AFS directory takes 1.5
> > minutes, on Linux AFS it takes about 12 sec, and on either raw hard drive
> > takes 8 sec.  Mind you, my CVS tree is pretty huge with over 1500 files.
> > (find . -name Entries | xargs cat | wc = 1523)
> 
> I also noticed that : AFS client under VMWare is really slow (I would 10
> times)
> 
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I think he was saying that his linux client, running under VMWare, is
about 10 times as FAST as the Windows client running native on the box.
Even though it's running on VMWare, it's still faster than NT's client.

-- Nathan

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