Okay, no matter how hard I try I just can't get the disk speeds to be remotely reasonable on Indiana snv_91.
Here are the stats on the box in question: SunOS web 5.11 snv_91 i86pc i386 i86pc pci8086,346c, instance #0 (driver name: ahci) disk, instance #0 (driver name: sd) disk, instance #1 (driver name: sd) 0. c5t0d0 <DEFAULT cyl 60798 alt 2 hd 255 sec 63> /[EMAIL PROTECTED],0/pci8086,[EMAIL PROTECTED],2/[EMAIL PROTECTED],0 1. c5t1d0 <ATA-WDC WD5000AAJS-2-1C01-465.76GB> /[EMAIL PROTECTED],0/pci8086,[EMAIL PROTECTED],2/[EMAIL PROTECTED],0 NAME STATE READ WRITE CKSUM rpool ONLINE 0 0 0 mirror ONLINE 0 0 0 c5t0d0s0 ONLINE 0 0 0 c5t1d0s0 ONLINE 0 0 0 Writing dd if=/dev/zero of=foo.bin count=55500 will write to disk from 1.1megs/sec to 3.3megs/sec *tops* I can't get the disk to write any faster. The system I/O is just at a crawl. Quad core xeon, 2 SATA 7200 RPM drivers / zfs root mirror. I have detached the second drive and benched both of the drives, both come back with slow results. What could it possibly be? motherboard bug? System Configuration: Intel S5000PAL. BIOS Configuration: Intel Corporation S5000.86B.10.00.0085.112920071426 11/29/2007 BMC Configuration: IPMI 2.0 (KCS: Keyboard Controller Style) ==== Processor Sockets ==================================== Version Location Tag -------------------------------- -------------------------- Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU X5355 @ 2.66GHz CPU1 ==== Memory Device Sockets ================================ Type Status Set Device Locator Bank Locator ------- ------ --- ------------------- -------------------- Unknown in use 1 ONBOARD DIMM_A1 Channel A Unknown in use 2 ONBOARD DIMM_A2 Channel A Unknown empty 1 ONBOARD DIMM_B1 Channel B Unknown empty 2 ONBOARD DIMM_B2 Channel B Unknown empty 5 ONBOARD DIMM_C1 Channel C Unknown empty 6 ONBOARD DIMM_C2 Channel C Unknown empty 5 ONBOARD DIMM_D1 Channel D Unknown empty 6 ONBOARD DIMM_D2 Channel D ==== On-Board Devices ===================================== ATI Rage XL Intel 82546EB Ethernet 1 Intel 82546EB Ethernet 2 ESB2 Integrated SATA Controller NS PC87427 SIO3 ==== Upgradeable Slots ==================================== ID Status Type Description --- --------- ---------------- ---------------------------- 1 available PCI Express FH Slot 1, PCI EXP x8 1 available PCI Express LP Slot 1, PCI EXP x8 10 available PCI Express I/O Module I hope this is enough information. This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org