From: Arlen Cuss Date: 2008-03-04T14:41:18+09:00 Subject: Re: Better performance than native unix commands? ------=_Part_9354_229856.1204609287785 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Hi, On Tue, Mar 4, 2008 at 12:10 PM, Ma Sa wrote: > I have an issue with nfs and listing a large amount of files that I am > wondering if I can solve with ruby. I know that ruby has better > performance in some instances than a bash shell script so I am wondering > if anyone has experience or some examples of how this might work... > > You may want to check your options. In some cases, I found using TCP instead of UDP to increase speed quite a bit - it really depends on your network. It also fixed a problem involving dropped packets over wireless leading to connections never finishing their job. Also check your sync/async options. Arlen ------=_Part_9354_229856.1204609287785--