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Post your performance results
I thought it might be interesting to see what kind of performance everyone is getting with IO Meter so that we can compare what we're getting. So I thought we could all post our results in this thread...
Hey guys,
Last week I installed Windows Server 2003 as my main workstation OS on the same computer I used for testing in post #1. I had also doubled the transmit/receive buffers on the onboard Intel Gigabit NIC since it said I may get better performance. To do that I went to the NIC properties -> Advanced -> Performance Options -> Doubled the Transmit/Receive Descriptors.
Today I copied a 3 gig file from another computer with identical hardware and I was getting a network usage of 40% of my 1 gigabit connection... that's almost 400 megabits! Before going the switch to Server 2003 and doubling the buffers I would never get above 25-29%, which is around 29 mbps (the results I had on my first speed test). So I decided to try a speed test on my ReadyNAS NV again... It started off reading at 40 mbps but it leveled off to what was in my 1st post (29ish mbps).
I'm wondering if there would be any difference if I increased the memory in my ReadyNAS. I guess I was also wondering, would it be possible to increase any kind of buffer on the unit itself that may lead to better network transfers? It looks like by increasing the NIC buffers on my workstation I get better transfer speeds, but only from another Windows computer.
Last week I installed Windows Server 2003 as my main workstation OS on the same computer I used for testing in post #1. I had also doubled the transmit/receive buffers on the onboard Intel Gigabit NIC since it said I may get better performance. To do that I went to the NIC properties -> Advanced -> Performance Options -> Doubled the Transmit/Receive Descriptors.
Today I copied a 3 gig file from another computer with identical hardware and I was getting a network usage of 40% of my 1 gigabit connection... that's almost 400 megabits! Before going the switch to Server 2003 and doubling the buffers I would never get above 25-29%, which is around 29 mbps (the results I had on my first speed test). So I decided to try a speed test on my ReadyNAS NV again... It started off reading at 40 mbps but it leveled off to what was in my 1st post (29ish mbps).
I'm wondering if there would be any difference if I increased the memory in my ReadyNAS. I guess I was also wondering, would it be possible to increase any kind of buffer on the unit itself that may lead to better network transfers? It looks like by increasing the NIC buffers on my workstation I get better transfer speeds, but only from another Windows computer.
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