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- From: mike@nit.pactel.com (Mike Cantu)
- Subject: Routers and NFS traffic
- Message-ID: <C0DBCv.8t8@nit.pactel.com>
- Organization: Pac*Tel Corporation
- Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 06:29:18 GMT
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- Some colleagues and I were discussing a subnet design the other day, and
- someone said that, for performance reasons, one shouldn't put a router
- between two hosts that have a "lot" of NFS traffic between them.
-
- The reason given was that the router would have to decode every UDP packet
- in order to route it correctly, thus introducing unacceptable delays during
- heavy file transfer periods.
-
- It is my impression that a decently powered router (like maybe an MGS) would
- be able to handle bursty, UDP-intensive applications like NFS with no problem.
-
- Can anyone give me some insight on this?
-
- Please email responses, and thanks in advance.
-
- Mike Cantu
- mike@nit.PacTel.COM
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- mike@nit.PacTel.COM
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