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A Practical Approach to NFS Response Time Monitoring
Gary L. Schaps & Peter Bishop, Cirrus Logic, Inc.
NFS and the automounter simplify both filesystem access and filesystem management in large, distributed networks. In demanding environments, however, they require a network management strategy which ensures a consistent and acceptable level of performance.
This paper reviews available tools for measuring NFS response time including rpcspy, nfswatch, nfsstat, and WireTap. We then describe a heuristic technique we have implemented on top of basic NFS response time statistics. It is used to create a management measure of network quality based upon NFS response time, and to proactively focus on NFS performance bottlenecks.
BibTeX
@inproceedings {260227,
author = {Gary L. Schaps and Peter Bishop},
title = {A Practical Approach to {NFS} Response Time Monitoring},
booktitle = {USENIX Seventh System Administration Conference (LISA 93)},
year = {1993},
address = {Monterey, CA},
url = {https://www.usenix.org/conference/lisa-93/practical-approach-nfs-response-time-monitoring},
publisher = {USENIX Association},
month = nov
}
author = {Gary L. Schaps and Peter Bishop},
title = {A Practical Approach to {NFS} Response Time Monitoring},
booktitle = {USENIX Seventh System Administration Conference (LISA 93)},
year = {1993},
address = {Monterey, CA},
url = {https://www.usenix.org/conference/lisa-93/practical-approach-nfs-response-time-monitoring},
publisher = {USENIX Association},
month = nov
}