Preface

The SMCC NFS Server Performance and Tuning Guide is about the NFS(TM) distributed computing file system. It describes:

• NFS and network performance analysis and tuning

• NFS and network monitoring tools

This book is written with these assumptions about your server:

• It runs the Solaris(TM) 2.4, 2.5, 2.5.1, 2.6, or 7 operating environment.

• It is set up in a networked configuration.

• It is a SPARCserver(TM) system, SPARCcenter(TM) 2000(E), Netra(TM) NFS 150 Server, or a Sun(TM) Enterprise(TM) 3x00, 4x00, 5x00, or 6x00 system.

This book is for system administrators and network specialists who configure, analyze performance, or tune servers that provide the NFS service to network clients. It discusses NFS version 2 and version 3 tuning for the Solaris 2.4, 2.5, 2.5.1, 2.6, and 7 operating environments.

Typographic Conventions

Table P-1 Typographic Conventions

Typeface or Symbol	Meaning	Examples
AaBbCc123	The names of commands, files, and directories; on-screen computer output.	Edit your .login file. Use ls -a to list all files. % You have mail.
AaBbCc123	What you type, when contrasted with on-screen computer output.	% su Password:
AaBbCc123	Book titles, new words or terms, words to be emphasized.  Command-line variable; replace with a real name or value.	Read Chapter 6 in the User's Guide. These are called class options. You must be root to do this. To delete a file, type rm filename.

Shell Prompts

Table P-2 Shell Prompts

Shell	Prompt
C shell	machine_name%
C shell superuser	machine_name#
Bourne shell and Korn shell	$
Bourne shell and Korn shell superuser	#

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