On Wed, 5 Jan 2005 09:35:57 +0100, Oscar Olsson <spam1 AT QBRANCH DOT SE> wrote:

>On Tue, 4 Jan 2005, Robert Maiello wrote:
>
>RM> The 440 has 2 internal gigabit adapters (ce's).
<SNIP>
>RM> Solaris 9 was suppose to have very good TCP/IP CPU utilization though?
>
>I read this document, and checked if I had any problems that are mentioned
>in this document. I couldn't find any signs of PCI bus congestion or any
>signs of other issues that are mentioned in this document.
>
>I think the core essence of my problem is to find out what part of the
>system causes such a high load. Is it the NIC or the FC adapter? And if it
>is either one, can it be replaced with a better adapter that has a better
>driver and/or hardware that creates less load on the system?
>
>Since its a V440 server with 4 CPUs, I can't add more CPU power. But
>either way, I think its pathetic if you require more CPU power than that
>just to drive a gig or two of I/O.
>
>//Oscar
>
Use bigasm on the backup server to hammer your tape drives, then use it
from a fast client to hammer the network this should help identify which
is a bottle neck.

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