Preface

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

• NFS and network performance analysis and tuning
• NFS and network monitoring tools

This book is written with the assumptions that your server is:

• ^(TM) · Running Solaris 2.x system software
• In a networked configuration
• ^(TM)..........^(TM)..........^(TM) · A Sun-4 system, SPARCserver system, SPARCcenter 2000 or 2000E ^(TM) system, or SPARCcluster system.

Who Should Use This Book

This book is for system administrators and network specialists who will be configuring, analyzing performance of, and/or tuning servers that provide the NFS service to network clients.

Related Books

You can find more detailed coverage of some of the topics discussed in this book in the following books:

• Sun Performance and Tuning (SunSoft Press/Prentice Hall)
• Solaris 2.x Handbook for SMCC Peripherals
• SunOS 5.x Administering Security, Performance, and Accounting (SunSoft)
• SunOS 5.x Administering NFS (SunSoft)
• SPARCcluster 1 System Application Guide
• SunLink FDDI/S3.0 User's Guide (SunSoft)

What Typographic Changes and Symbols Mean

The following table describes the type changes and symbols used in this book.

Table P-1

Typeface or Symbol	Meaning	Example
AaBbCc123	The names of commands, files, and directories; on-screen computer output	Edit your .login file. Use ls -a to list all files. system% You have mail.
AaBbCc123	What you type, contrasted with on-screen computer output	system%su Password:
AaBbCc123	variable: replace with a real name or value	To delete a file, type rm filename.
AaBbCc123	Book titles, new words or terms, or words to be emphasized	Read Chapter 6 in User's Guide. These are called class options. You must be root to do this.
Code samples are included in boxes and may display the following:
%	UNIX C shell prompt	system%
$	UNIX Bourne and Korn shell prompt	system$
#	Superuser prompt, all shells	system#