Features
- Cover Type: Paperback with 368 pages
- Published by: Pearson Education
- Edition: 1st Edition September 13, 2002
- Written in: English
- ISBN 10 Number: 0130428167
- ISBN 13 Number: 978-0130428165
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Book Dimensions:
9.3 x 7 x 1 inches
- Weighs: 1.6 pounds
Back Cover Copy
The only authoritative, systematic guide to NFS performance optimization on HP-UX systems.
In
Optimizing NFS Performance, one of HP's leading NFS experts presents systematic techniques for optimizing NFS performance on any HP-UX 11 and 11i system in any network and application environment. Dave Olker reviews every component of the NFS product family, showing how they interact on HP-UX systems and how to troubleshoot each element for optimal performance. Olker presents dozens of previously undocumented tuning tips, plus powerful new NFS client optimization techniques that will be invaluable to companies implementing NFS in their environment. Coverage includes:
- Environmental considerations: network, local filesystems, hostname resolution and patch levels
- User-space daemons and kernel threads
- Key decisions and tradeoffs: Automount vs. AutoFS, NFS/UDP or NFS/TCP, NFS/PV2 or NFS/PV3
- CacheFS: potential benefits, limitations, HP-specific enhancements, and measurement techniques
- NFS mount options and recommendations
- Buffer cache sizing techniques that can dramatically enhance performance
- Kernel parameters that significantly influence NFS performance
The only NFS book to focus entirely on HP-UX,
Optimizing NFS Performance will be indispensable to every HP-UX system administrator running NFS-or planning to do so.
About The Author
DAVE OLKER has been supporting Hewlett Packard's NFS product family for a decade, as a 3rd tier customer support engineer, and as a consultant in the HP-UX Networking Lab specializing in NFS performance. Olker has taught several classes in NFS internals, and presented technical papers on NFS performance tuning and troubleshooting at InterWorks, HP World, and other user conferences.
Reader ReviewsThis is an all around fantastic book for learning the tricks and methods of network file systems. It will introduce you to some very helpful tools for measuring performance and testing capabilities as well. Very little is HP-UX specific, as it deals mostly with the details of NFS and local file systems. I highly recommend this book if you are either charged with the administration of a large network file distribution system, or if you just want to learn all you can about getting the best out of your network(s) in regards to performance.
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