Hi.

I want to configure a very robust storage node to write to an EDL 4200.

To do that I have zoned a DELL PE1955 blade through 2 HBS's to the EDL. 
Each HBA is directed to a dedicated FC port on the EDL and each HBA on the 
storage node has got 5 tape drives on the same VTL on the EDL. This storage 
node will handle about 200 clients and is going to write about 25TB of data 
every week, so I really need to think about throughput.

Now, the NIC is the bottleneck. The utilization is at 70% constant and 
peaking to 85%. The PE1955 blade has got 2x 1Gb Nic's, but I fail to see 
how I can utilize both of the nic's. 

Does anyone have an idea how I can enhance the robustness even further?

What would be the best way to use the NIC's?

Regards, Johannes

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