Optimising NFS for system files

[Wojciech Puchar]

>
> i can see a reading speed difference 4 time slower on client than on server 
> (time tar -cf - /usr > /dev/null).
>
> I will play with jumbo MTU for network performance, but would anybody know if 
> i can ask system files NFS exports to stay in server memory ? I have less 
> than 2Go to share and 2GO DDR2 is affordable.
you don't have to.