<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2 Final//EN"> <!--Converted with LaTeX2HTML 98.2 beta6 (August 14th, 1998) original version by: Nikos Drakos, CBLU, University of Leeds * revised and updated by: Marcus Hennecke, Ross Moore, Herb Swan * with significant contributions from: Jens Lippmann, Marek Rouchal, Martin Wilck and others --> <HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>Other Factors</TITLE> <META NAME="description" CONTENT="Other Factors"> <META NAME="keywords" CONTENT="nfs"> <META NAME="resource-type" CONTENT="document"> <META NAME="distribution" CONTENT="global"> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <LINK REL="STYLESHEET" HREF="nfs.css"> <LINK REL="previous" HREF="node16.html"> <LINK REL="up" HREF="node13.html"> <LINK REL="next" HREF="node18.html"> </HEAD> <BODY > <!--Navigation Panel--> <A NAME="tex2html205" HREF="node18.html"> <IMG WIDTH="37" HEIGHT="24" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" ALT="next" SRC="/usr/lib/latex2html/icons.png/next_motif.png"></A> <A NAME="tex2html203" HREF="node13.html"> <IMG WIDTH="26" HEIGHT="24" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" ALT="up" SRC="/usr/lib/latex2html/icons.png/up_motif.png"></A> <A NAME="tex2html199" HREF="node16.html"> <IMG WIDTH="63" HEIGHT="24" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" ALT="previous" SRC="/usr/lib/latex2html/icons.png/previous_motif.png"></A> <BR> <B> Next:</B> <A NAME="tex2html206" HREF="node18.html">Future Development</A> <B> Up:</B> <A NAME="tex2html204" HREF="node13.html">The Kernel-Space NFS Server</A> <B> Previous:</B> <A NAME="tex2html200" HREF="node16.html">Heavy Load</A> <BR> <BR> <!--End of Navigation Panel--> <H3><A NAME="SECTION00042400000000000000"> Other Factors</A> </H3> <P> The NFS server related programs depend on hostname lookup for correct operation. glibc 2.1.1 or above is recommended for better hostname lookup performance. If NIS/NIS+ is used, the Name Switch Cache Daemon (nscd) in glibc should be started to further improve hostname lookup speed. <P> <BR><HR> <ADDRESS> <I>H.J. Lu</I> <BR><I>1999-08-15</I> </ADDRESS> </BODY> </HTML>