[Gluster-users] gfs vs nfs: abysmal performance difference

[Paolo Pisati]

Paolo Pisati wrote:
> Dear,
>
> we are evaluating Glusterfs as an alternative to NFS. I connected two
> boxes (a dell 2950 and a via epia)
> with a crossover cable: the via epia is the gfs server, the 2950 is the
> client, and both run freebsd 7.2.
>   
i forgot to say that i'm running glusterfs-2.0.0, and that my setup is:

client:

LDFLAGS=-L/usr/local/lib -liconv
CFLAGS=-O -I/usr/local/include/

./configure -enable-fuse-client --prefix=/usr/local/gfs
[snip]
GlusterFS configure summary
===========================
FUSE client        : yes
Infiniband verbs   : no
epoll IO multiplex : no
Berkeley-DB        : no
libglusterfsclient : no
mod_glusterfs      : no ()
argp-standalone    : yes

server:

CFLAGS=-O

./configure --prefix=/usr/local/gfs
[snip]
GlusterFS configure summary
===========================
FUSE client        : no
Infiniband verbs   : no
epoll IO multiplex : no
Berkeley-DB        : no
libglusterfsclient : no
mod_glusterfs      : no ()
argp-standalone    : yes


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