[CentOS] Excessive NFS operations

nate writes:
> Lars Hecking wrote:
> 
> >  2.6.18-92.1.22.el5. I can test all newer kernels if necessary.
> 
> Sounds like another poster may of found the root cause but you
> should still upgrade anyways, I tracked down the specific
> update to this kernel, which is newer than what you have:
> 
> * Thu Jul 03 2008 Aristeu Rozanski <arozansk at redhat.com> [2.6.18-95.el5]
> [..]
> - [nfs] address nfs rewrite performance regression in RHEL5 (Eric Sandeen )
> [436004]
> [..]

 This is an enterprise-wide setup I cannot change, but I will be able to
 deploy a newer kernel. It'll have to wait until I return to the office
 in a few weeks' time, though.