NFS root monitoring & system optimization

[David Gilbert <dgilbert@velocet.ca>]

>>>>> "Robb" == Robb Main <mainr@aci.on.ca> writes:

Robb> I have setup an Etherboot system with an NFS root.  I am looking
Robb> for the best way to monitor file activity on this NFS mount,
Robb> with an eye to optimizing the configuration.

Robb> The information I think I need to do this is a log of file
Robb> opens, reads, writes, closes, etc.

tcpdump can print this type of information.  NFS's nature makes some
of the decoding of this information difficult, but a good perl script
might be able to generate the information you're looking for.

Dave.

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