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January 6th, 2004 12:00
Network throughput problems
Hello,
I am using the integrated intel pro/1000 nic to connect via a 100 Mbit switch. I have two 120 GB disks on a ultra-ata-100tx2 controller card in slot 1 of a poweredge 600SC. When I transfer a 1.5 GB file from one disk to another I can do it in less than 50 seconds. I am trying to use this machine as a file server. The OS is windows 2000.
When I transfer the same file over the network, my client which has a faster hard disk is not stressed at all. It looks like the 600SC is not able to pump the file fast enough onto the network. I do not see any dropped packets or frames etc. Does anybody have any suggestions to increase the network output from the 600SC?
Are the disks(because of the IDE controller card being in the slot) and the integrated NIC on the same PCI bus? Could this causing the slow network output?
Thanks.
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xaputoh
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January 7th, 2004 06:00
You didn't mention what is the throughput that you see over the network.
With 100mbit/sec LAN, maximum theoretical throughput is 12.5MB/sec (8MB/sec is OK).
PCI bus is not a bottleneck with 100mbit/sec network.
evenia
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February 9th, 2004 12:00
Let me know what you find cause I am having very similar problems. Dell Doesn't know what is up. Mine is a PowerEdge 650. But this has been a problem on every Dell server I have, old and new.
I have it set on both the card and the port at 100/half.