[GRLUG] large systems performance

[Tim Schmidt]

On Nov 16, 2007 1:16 AM, Michael Mol <mikemol at gmail.com> wrote:
> Heh.  It could start hurting even more.  Apparently they're getting
> close to implementing swap over NFS.  It's intended for diskless
> cluster environments, but it still stands to complicate performance
> issues.  Sub-optimal performance?  Do you have a bad network cable, or
> are your jobs eating too much memory?

Swap over NFS has worked for years...  LTSP has (optionally) supported
it for ages.

--tim