From: Alfred Perlstein 

time dd if=www2_otherlocal.tar.gz of=/dev/null bs=128k
219+1 records in
219+1 records out
28760021 bytes transferred in 3.411756 secs (8429683 bytes/sec)
0.000u 0.443s 0:03.42 12.8%     91+667k 0+17io 0pf+0w  

(that's freebsd)

time dd if=www2_otherlocal.tar.gz of=/dev/null bs=128k
219+1 records in
219+1 records out
0.010u 1.550s 0:16.00 9.7%      0+0k 0+0io 84pf+0w  

(linsux)  [Redhat 5.1]

this is on the same 100mbit segment.
i'm using NFS over TCP and linux is using UDP
both to the same Solaris 5.6 box.

also, note how much linux dd sucks ass.

(still smirking)

Alfred Perlstein

Mon Feb 8 22:54:01 PST 2010		linux/linux.lame.nfs.src
Updated: Thu Aug 18 2005 9:31.42		Viewed: never