StorNext File System Tuning
SNFS and Virus Checking
If performance requirements cannot be achieved with NFS or CIFS, consider using a StorNext Distributed LAN client or
It can be useful to use a tool such as netperf to help verify network performance characteristics.
SNFS and Virus Checking
The Metadata Network
As with any client/server protocol, SNFS performance is subject to the limitations of the underlying network. Therefore, it is recommended that you use a dedicated Metadata Network to avoid contention with other network traffic. Either 100BaseT or 1000BaseT is required, but for a dedicated Metadata Network there is usually no benefit from using 1000BaseT over 100BaseT. Neither TCP offload nor are jumbo frames required.
It is best practice to have all SNFS clients directly attached to the same network switch as the MDC systems. Any routing required for metadata traffic will incur additional latency that impacts performance.
It is critical to ensure that speed/duplex settings are correct, as this will severely impact performance. Most of the time
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