Tuning NFS (and Gbit Enet ?)

[Scott C. Mellott]

What specific issues do you have with the Dell/SMC switches?  We've sold 
hundreds of them with a very low RMA rate.

Paul Lussier wrote:
> "Michael ODonnell" <michael.odonnell at comcast.net> writes:
>
>   
>> We're upgrading an installation by bringing an existing config
>> forward from some older, slower Dell boxes to some spiffy new
>> Dell 690 boxes with integral Broadcom (BCM5752) NICs and a
>> Dell PowerConnect 2616 (an unmanaged switch) connecting them,
>> all supposedly capable of Gbit rates.
>>     
> [...]
>   
>> IIRC there are also tweaks to the networking infrastructure
>> itself (independent of NFS) that can come into play, maybe
>> TCP buffer size?
>>     
>
> One of those tweaks, IMO, is stay very far away from Dell switches.
> They have to be some of the worst switches I've ever laid hands or
> cables on! SMC switches aren't far behind either (rule of thumb: stay
> away from any company whose products result in the RMA of an RMA out
> of the box!).
>
> I recommend Netgear for lowend stuff, though their managed stuff isn't
> bad either, and for heavy duty stuff, I love Nortel, and Cisco if you
> don't mind spending twice as much for something not quite as good as
> the Nortel stuff but have to have that Cisco name :)
>   

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