I would try to transfer from /dev/zero to /dev/null via the network interface.
It might be interesting, 1. if it is a switched network, 2. if there is a lot of concurrency between the network nodes, and 3. if there are really a lot of PCI cards fighting for the bus (btw. when I multiply 33e6, 8 and 32, I get 8.4e9... *sniff*)... There was a similar problem on this list some time ago (maybe that helps?): http://docs.freebsd.org/cgi/getmsg.cgi?fetch=0+0+archive/2004/freebsd-performance/20041121.freebsd-performance http://docs.freebsd.org/cgi/getmsg.cgi?fetch=0+0+archive/2004/freebsd-performance/20041128.freebsd-performance -Arne __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Plan great trips with Yahoo! Travel: Now over 17,000 guides! http://travel.yahoo.com/p-travelguide _______________________________________________ freebsd-performance@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-performance To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
