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Fast nfs is fast.

-----e@memnarch:/home $ sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=/home/test.dat bs=16k count=32000
32000+0 records in
32000+0 records out
524288000 bytes transferred in 15.163 secs (34576797 bytes/sec)
-----e@memnarch:/home $ sudo dd of=/dev/null if=/home/test.dat bs=16k count=32000
32000+0 records in
32000+0 records out
524288000 bytes transferred in 13.937 secs (37617959 bytes/sec)
-----e@memnarch:/home $ mount | grep exports
172.16.100.250:/exports/home on /home type nfs (v3, udp, timeo=100, retrans=101)

~270mbit/sec should do just nicely.

VMware ESXi continues to amaze me. Nevermind I've probably thrown a lot of my security boons out the window by using it as a base for my OpenBSD guest machines, but I suppose it is just a sandbox.

Anyhoo... OpenBSD 4.8's full of good stuff. NFS is miles better (though a pain in the arse to setup if you're last attempt was at around 4.4).
Reminder: setup: mountd, portmap, and then nfsd.
I shoulda just read the frigging FAQ sooner... heh. That'll teach me.

So, need to re-build memnarch, setup php-gd and all that other goodness to get my image import working again.
Maybe upgrade to Drupal 6 from 5, though I doubt it.
Play with ubercart once that's done.

dspam is officially trained enough to be working. Small problem when you're testing it on an account that typically only gets 2-3 spam's /week, tends to take a while to get it happy.

It's too bad I didn't get some time to do a halloween costume.
I so would have gone as Hello Kitty in an Elmo suit, because it's so deliciously random.