slow NFS

["Peter Strömberg" <wilfried_(_at_)_spamcop_(_dot_)_net>]

I need help.
How can I improve my nfs performance?

A i386:P-3/600, IDE, sis(netgear), 3.2-snapshot
B i386:XP 1700+, SCSI, fxp(intel), 3.2-current

A:/extra on /B/extra type nfs (nodev, nosuid, v3, udp, soft, intr, timeo=100)
B:/extra on /A/extra type nfs (nodev, nosuid, v3, udp, soft, intr, timeo=100)

FTP
A to B 10.90 MB/s
B to A 10.05 MB/s

SCP
A to B 3.9MB/s
B to A 3.7MB/s 

CP over NFS
A to B 452KB/s
B to A 637KB/s


Bonnie     -------Sequential Output-------- ---Sequential Input-- --Random--
           -Per Char- --Block--- -Rewrite-- -Per Char- --Block--- --Seeks---
        MB K/sec %CPU K/sec %CPU K/sec %CPU K/sec %CPU K/sec %CPU  /sec %CPU
LOCAL
A      100 16686 53.3 16844 15.7  6846  5.8 14499 52.0 15254  7.8 175.2  0.5
B      100 30675 30.4 27113  7.7  6883  2.9 28116 35.2 28738  5.0 241.6  0.3
NFS
A to B 100   704  0.8   724  0.1   622  0.2  9656 13.8  9063  1.0  63.6  0.1
B to A 100   474  1.6   476  0.2   392  0.6  5145 24.3  5567  1.7  74.3  0.7