We saw a problem with this at our last disaster recovery exercise. The
switch ports were set to 100/full and the NIC card (win2k) was set to
100/full, but the restore thru-put suck'd. After the network people looked
into it, turns out the switch ports were reporting 100/half. When they
updated the NIC drivers to the lastest release from the vender, the switch
was then reporting 100/full. I've seen NIC drivers cause thru-put issues on
numerous occasions. You should veriy that the drivers are the latest, or the
latest GOOD version.

The network people said that even though you set the card and switch port to
100/full, doesn't mean you'll get it. There is some handshaking that goes on
between the card and port and if that doesn't happen, the switch will
downgrade and try again. Kinda like a modem connecting. It will drop speed
and protocol until a good transmission is obtained.

Bill Boyer
DSS, Inc.