Why is the data transfer rate less when data is written from an NFS client than when NFS server writes directly to storage?

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Issue

  • Why is the data transfer rate less when data is written from an NFS client than when NFS server writes directly to storage?

  • Data written on the NFS server directly to the exported directory is faster when compared to data written by the NFS client to the same folder.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux
  • NFS

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