[CentOS] home directory server performance issues

[Dan Young]

On Mon, Dec 10, 2012 at 9:37 AM, Matt Garman <matthew.garman at gmail.com>wrote:

> I’m looking for advice and considerations on how to optimally setup
> and deploy an NFS-based home directory server.  In particular: (1) how
> to determine hardware requirements, and (2) how to best setup and
> configure the server.  We actually have a system in place, but the
> performance is pretty bad---the users often experience a fair amount
> of lag (1--5 seconds) when doing anything on their home directories,
> including an “ls” or writing a small text file.
>

Just going to throw this out there. What is RPCNFSDCOUNT in
/etc/sysconfig/nfs?

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Dan Young