I am looking for feedback on nfs mounts with unRAID.

 

Background: I was using a Mac, OS X 10.4.11, as my primary computer. I was using SMB, and was getting decent performance, or maybe I just did not care. I am now in the process of switching to a new Unix Desktop as my primary computer (Unbuntu 10.10). I started using the same old SMB, but I noticed that performance was not as good, 10-15 MB/Sec or less. I seem to remember that on my Mac, I was getting 30-35 MB/Sec. So I thought, "Linux client, Linux server, use NFS". So I have configured my fstab to mount the user shares at boot. Using the basics, I got better performance. I have made some improvements, but I am not sure if I can do better. I am not disappointed, but if I can get even more, well... more is better.

 

Right now I am getting 30-35 MB/Sec up to the server, and about 60-65 MB/Sec down, sometimes up to 75 MB/Sec down. Much better, but is there more?

 

I have done nothing server side, just the straight *rw on the shares page of the web.

 

These are my client side settings.

 

mount -l

10.0.1.10:/mnt/user/bkasten on /media/bkasten type nfs (rw,users,noexec,nosuid,nodev,noatime,hard,intr,rsize=32768,wsize=32768,addr=10.0.1.10)

10.0.1.10:/mnt/user/TV on /media/TV type nfs (rw,users,noexec,nosuid,nodev,noatime,hard,intr,rsize=32768,wsize=32768,addr=10.0.1.10)

10.0.1.10:/mnt/user/Movies on /media/Movies type nfs (rw,users,noexec,nosuid,nodev,noatime,hard,intr,rsize=32768,wsize=32768,addr=10.0.1.10)

10.0.1.10:/mnt/user/iTunes on /media/iTunes type nfs (rw,users,noexec,nosuid,nodev,noatime,hard,intr,rsize=32768,wsize=32768,addr=10.0.1.10)

 

and this is what it looks like in the fstab:

 

10.0.1.10:/mnt/user/bkasten    /media/bkasten  nfs    users,rw,auto,noatime,async,hard,intr,rsize=32768,wsize=32768  0      0

10.0.1.10:/mnt/user/TV          /media/TV      nfs    users,rw,auto,noatime,async,hard,intr,rsize=32768,wsize=32768  0      0

10.0.1.10:/mnt/user/Movies      /media/Movies  nfs    users,rw,auto,noatime,async,hard,intr,rsize=32768,wsize=32768  0      0

10.0.1.10:/mnt/user/iTunes      /media/iTunes  nfs    users,rw,auto,noatime,async,hard,intr,rsize=32768,wsize=32768  0      0

 

I would be very interested in what others are using, and why, and suggestions on improvements I could make to my config. I would also be interested in what other users performance is like.

 

I know, I know, I am over thinking this, but sometimes I am having so much fun with my unRAID that I get that way. 

 

Thanks

 

Bruce

My NSF mounts have the following options, using 10.6.6: nolocks, locallocks, intr, soft, wrsize=32768, nosuid