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Maximizing NFS Scalability on Dell Servers and Storage in High-Performance Computing Environments

Overview Popular because of its maturity and ease of use, the Network File System (NFS) can be used in high-performance computing cluster environments. This paper discusses how administrators can improve performance and obtain maximum scalability from a Dell NFS server by adjusting parameters for the server and related systems, including I/O subsystems, back-end storage, NFS service, and network interconnect.

Further White Paper Details
Publisher	Dell	File Format	PDF
Date Published	October 2004	Downloads	151
Format	White Papers
Topics	High Performance Computing, Scalability, Interfaces - Buses - I-Os

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