[OT-ish] nfs v. samba

[Robbo]

On Sun, 2005-10-30 at 11:17 -0500, Todd Slater wrote:
> On 10/30/05, Robbo <ml at the-view.eclipse.co.uk> wrote:
> > On Fri, 2005-10-28 at 09:25 -0400, Todd Slater wrote:
> >> >
> > > I recently set up NFS to share files linux to linux. After mounting
> > > the shared directory I tried transferring some files; the transfer was
> > > incredibly slow. A folder of jpegs about 5.5 MB took well over 4
> > > minutes. I say this is incredibly slow because when I ran Mandrake
> > > (RIP) with samba, I could transfer a 700 MB file in like 6 minutes or
> > > something (Windows and linux).
> > >
> > > Soooo, might I have a problem with the way NFS is set up that would
> > > explain the slowness? Any recommendations for sharing files on my
> > > network?
> >
> > First we should see if it's not a network issue by checking if your are
> > getting the max bandwidth you should be getting.
> >
> > Install iperf on both boxes (you may need to enable the extra
> > repositories is you haven't already).
> >
> > Run on one box "iperf -s" and on the other box "iperf -c 192.168.1.1
> > -d" (change the ip address to the one of the other box), and then do it
> > the other way round so you run "iperf -s" on the box that you did "iperf
> > -c ...." on.
> >
> > The results should be near (about 90%) your network speed (unless your
> > using wireless which I'm taking it your not if you can transfer a 700Mb
> > file in 6mins!).  If they are way down post us your results...
> 
> Actually, I'm running wireless now, but I wasn't expecting such a
> performance hit! I'm getting between 3.10 and 3.43 Mbits/sec. This is
> over a D-Link DI-624 wireless router and a laptop with a 802.11b card.

If I do the same test over a 802.11g card (I'm about 2 meters aways from
the base unit) I get approx 20.4Mbits/sec, which is comparable to the
results your getting.  5.5MB should take you approx 14 seconds to
transfer.

Are you still getting slow results over NFS as in the original thread?