Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!ames!ames.arc.nasa.gov!lamaster From: lamaster@ames.arc.nasa.gov (Hugh LaMaster) Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards Subject: Re: "find" thrashes NFS servers Message-ID: <32961@ames.arc.nasa.gov> Date: 4 Oct 89 00:35:54 GMT Sender: usenet@ames.arc.nasa.gov Organization: NASA - Ames Research Center Lines: 14 Why does "find" thrash NFS servers? Is there anything that can be done about it? I have observed it on a wide variety of machines and situations, but I don't know the cause or cure, if any. If you haven't tried it, run a performance monitor on a server, go to a client, and find something in /usr say or whatever is mounted on the server. I have seen load averages as high as 35 and 90% in system state on a 2 MIPS Sun server - 4 nfs daemons, Xylogics 753/ Imprimis SMD-E drives. I have also seen this effect on Ultrix. Hugh LaMaster, m/s 233-9, UUCP ames!lamaster NASA Ames Research Center ARPA lamaster@ames.arc.nasa.gov Moffett Field, CA 94035 Phone: (415)694-6117