Re: [zfs-discuss] cifs perfomance
Brandon High wrote: On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 5:40 PM, Bob Friesenhahn bfrie...@simple.dallas.tx.us wrote: Several people reported this same problem. They changed their ethernet adaptor to an Intel ethernet interface and the performance problem went away. It was not ZFS's fault. It may not be a ZFS problem, but it is a OpenSolaris problem. The drivers for hardware Realtek and other NICs are ... not so great. -B +1, I was having terrible problems with the onboard RTL nics..but on changing to a decent e1000 all is peachy in my world. Matt ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
Re: [zfs-discuss] cifs perfomance
On 21-Jan-09, at 9:11 PM, Brandon High wrote: On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 5:40 PM, Bob Friesenhahn bfrie...@simple.dallas.tx.us wrote: Several people reported this same problem. They changed their ethernet adaptor to an Intel ethernet interface and the performance problem went away. It was not ZFS's fault. It may not be a ZFS problem, but it is a OpenSolaris problem. The drivers for hardware Realtek and other NICs are ... not so great. On the other hand RealTek NICs are not renowned for quality either. Aren't they basically the cheapest available? --Toby -B -- Brandon High : bh...@freaks.com ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
Re: [zfs-discuss] cifs perfomance
Are you able to qualify that a little? I'm using a realtek interface with OpenSolaris and am yet to experience any issues. Nathan. Brandon High wrote: On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 5:40 PM, Bob Friesenhahn bfrie...@simple.dallas.tx.us wrote: Several people reported this same problem. They changed their ethernet adaptor to an Intel ethernet interface and the performance problem went away. It was not ZFS's fault. It may not be a ZFS problem, but it is a OpenSolaris problem. The drivers for hardware Realtek and other NICs are ... not so great. -B -- // // Nathan Kroenert nathan.kroen...@sun.com // // Systems Engineer Phone: +61 3 9869-6255 // // Sun Microsystems Fax:+61 3 9869-6288 // // Level 7, 476 St. Kilda Road Mobile: 0419 305 456// // Melbourne 3004 VictoriaAustralia // // ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
Re: [zfs-discuss] cifs perfomance
On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 1:29 PM, Nathan Kroenert nathan.kroen...@sun.com wrote: Are you able to qualify that a little? I'm using a realtek interface with OpenSolaris and am yet to experience any issues. There's a lot of anecdotal evidence that replacing the rge driver with the gani driver can fix poor NFS and CIFS performance. Another option is to use an Intel NIC in place of the Realtek. Search the archives for gani or slow CIFS and you'll find several people who resolved poor performance by getting rid of the rge driver. While it's not hard evidence, it seems to indicate that there are problems with the driver (and most likely the hardware). -B -- Brandon High : bh...@freaks.com ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
Re: [zfs-discuss] cifs perfomance
Interesting. I'll have a poke... Thanks! Nathan. Brandon High wrote: On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 1:29 PM, Nathan Kroenert nathan.kroen...@sun.com wrote: Are you able to qualify that a little? I'm using a realtek interface with OpenSolaris and am yet to experience any issues. There's a lot of anecdotal evidence that replacing the rge driver with the gani driver can fix poor NFS and CIFS performance. Another option is to use an Intel NIC in place of the Realtek. Search the archives for gani or slow CIFS and you'll find several people who resolved poor performance by getting rid of the rge driver. While it's not hard evidence, it seems to indicate that there are problems with the driver (and most likely the hardware). -B -- // // Nathan Kroenert nathan.kroen...@sun.com // // Systems Engineer Phone: +61 3 9869-6255 // // Sun Microsystems Fax:+61 3 9869-6288 // // Level 7, 476 St. Kilda Road Mobile: 0419 305 456// // Melbourne 3004 VictoriaAustralia // // ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
Re: [zfs-discuss] cifs perfomance
On Wed, 21 Jan 2009, epiq wrote: Hello! I'am setup zfs / cifs home storage server, end now have low performance with play movie stored on this zfs from windows client. server hardware is not new , but n windows it perfomance was normal. Several people reported this same problem. They changed their ethernet adaptor to an Intel ethernet interface and the performance problem went away. It was not ZFS's fault. There is always the possibility that you have a slow disk drive or bad cable. Check /var/adm/messages for any suspicious messages from drivers. Bob == Bob Friesenhahn bfrie...@simple.dallas.tx.us, http://www.simplesystems.org/users/bfriesen/ GraphicsMagick Maintainer,http://www.GraphicsMagick.org/ ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
Re: [zfs-discuss] cifs perfomance
On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 5:40 PM, Bob Friesenhahn bfrie...@simple.dallas.tx.us wrote: Several people reported this same problem. They changed their ethernet adaptor to an Intel ethernet interface and the performance problem went away. It was not ZFS's fault. It may not be a ZFS problem, but it is a OpenSolaris problem. The drivers for hardware Realtek and other NICs are ... not so great. -B -- Brandon High : bh...@freaks.com ___ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
