Optimizing the Performance of a Network File System.

Abstract

This report summarizes conclusions drawn from work (primarily as a systems and network administrator) conducted by the author when he was still employed at the U.S. Army's Chemical Research, Development, and Engineering Center (CRDEC). It will discuss a number of considerations which can affect the performance of computer systems running a variant of Sun Microsystem's Network File System (NFS). Additionally, the potential for enhancements to the TCP/IP standard will also be raised. This report assumes that the reader already has some familiarity with NFS and, hopefully, some knowledge of networking using TCP/IP. It is hoped that this report will help other system and network administrators use NFS, while at the same time encouraging developers of NFS to come up with more robust implementations.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1996
Accession Number
ADA320624

Entities

People

  • Daniel M. Pressel

Organizations

  • United States Army Research Laboratory

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Computers
  • Engineering
  • Standards

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Computer Networking
  • Database Systems and Applications
  • Systems Analysis and Design