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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...
PentiumD 3GHz 2GbRAM, LinkSys BEF SR41v4 Etherfast CableRouter with Cat5 cable
NV+ 1024Mb RAM, 4 disks X-RAID 500Gb Seagate ST3500630AS, Radiator 3.01c1-p6, UPS monitored, enable cache, disable journal, fast CIFS, Speed Auto-Negotiation, Smart disk check without problems.
Averages of several standard IOMeter protocol runs with and without jumbo frames enabled on NV+ (no difference) yielded...
Mb/s Write=10.5
Mb/s Read==9.0
Thank you all. My quote should have said MB/s. It was suggested the Etherfast 10/100 switch may be the speed limit. And, I should bypass the switch with a direct-connect. Finally...
Jumbo off, enable cache, disable journaling, CIFS writes, on UPS. Run both standard and with the maximum disk size quadrupled to 8192000 sectors with only a small difference.
MB/s Write 22
MB/s Read 44
Does this diagnose the venerable LinkSys BEF SR41v4 Etherfast CableRouter 10/100 switch as the speed limiter or bottleneck? Thank you.
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