Re: [CentOS] slow network throughput, how to improve?

2010-11-24 Thread Hakan Koseoglu
On 24 November 2010 08:51, Rudi Ahlers wrote: > Yes, I used scp as a quick simple test. What would give me better > performance though? netcat, ftp. Anything that has low overhead (unlike encryption on a single thread) -- Hakan (m1fcj) - http://www.hititgunesi.org

Re: [CentOS] slow network throughput, how to improve?

2010-11-24 Thread John Hodrien
On Wed, 24 Nov 2010, Rudi Ahlers wrote: > Yes, I used scp as a quick simple test. What would give me better > performance though? Well, anything that doesn't encrypt would be worth a shot. Here's a basic scp to /dev/null scp /tmp/tempfile othermachine:/dev/null tempfile

Re: [CentOS] slow network throughput, how to improve?

2010-11-24 Thread Rudi Ahlers
On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 10:35 AM, John Hodrien wrote: > On Wed, 24 Nov 2010, Rudi Ahlers wrote: > >> r...@zaxen02.securehosting.co.za:/vm/xen/template/centos-5-x64-cpanel >> r...@zaxen02.securehosting.co.za:/ >> r...@zaxen02.securehosting.co.za's password: >> centos-5-x64-cpanel.tar.gz >>        

Re: [CentOS] slow network throughput, how to improve?

2010-11-24 Thread John Hodrien
On Wed, 24 Nov 2010, Rudi Ahlers wrote: > r...@zaxen02.securehosting.co.za:/vm/xen/template/centos-5-x64-cpanel > r...@zaxen02.securehosting.co.za:/ > r...@zaxen02.securehosting.co.za's password: > centos-5-x64-cpanel.tar.gz >100% 1163MB > 29.1MB

[CentOS] slow network throughput, how to improve?

2010-11-23 Thread Rudi Ahlers
would like some input on this one please. Two CentOS 5.5 XEN servers, with 1GB NIC's, connected to a 1GB switch transfer files to each other at about 30MB/s between each other. Both servers have the following setup: CentOS 5.5 x64 XEN 1GB NIC's 7200rpm SATA HDD's The hardware configuration can't

Re: [CentOS] Slow network

2009-09-16 Thread Alan McKay
What kind of switch is it plugged into? If it is managed, can you check the switch to see what was negotiated? I've seen autoneg issues a lot on certain brands of switches (Nortel e.g.) -- “Don't eat anything you've ever seen advertised on TV” - Michael Pollan, author of "In Defense of

Re: [CentOS] Slow network

2009-09-16 Thread Stewart Williams
nate wrote: > cen...@911networks.com wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I have problem with a Centos 5.3 computer. The networking is very >> slow. The networking card is a RealTek 1GigE. > > Get a better NIC, Realtek is absolute crap. CentOS is an > "enterprise grade" OS, use an "enterprise grade" NIC such as >

Re: [CentOS] Slow network

2009-09-16 Thread Victor Padro
> > Get a better NIC, Realtek is absolute crap. CentOS is an > "enterprise grade" OS, use an "enterprise grade" NIC such as > Intel or Broadcom. > > nate > +1 Realtek NICs are well know for being buggy in Linux specialy when a lot packets are involved. -- Linux User #452368 http://twitter.com/vp

Re: [CentOS] Slow network

2009-09-16 Thread Filipe Brandenburger
Hi, On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 11:25, wrote: > I plugged an Ubuntu laptop on the same cable and port with an Intel > GigE, and it's about 8 to 10 times faster. So the problem is likely to > be with the CentOS config. How did you test that? Opening a web page? Downloading a big file? > Any suggest

Re: [CentOS] Slow network

2009-09-16 Thread nate
cen...@911networks.com wrote: > Hi, > > I have problem with a Centos 5.3 computer. The networking is very > slow. The networking card is a RealTek 1GigE. Get a better NIC, Realtek is absolute crap. CentOS is an "enterprise grade" OS, use an "enterprise grade" NIC such as Intel or Broadcom. nate

Re: [CentOS] Slow network

2009-09-16 Thread Jeff Howell
ethtool eth0 and lsmod would be helpful as well. cen...@911networks.com wrote: > Hi, > > I have problem with a Centos 5.3 computer. The networking is very > slow. The networking card is a RealTek 1GigE. > > I plugged an Ubuntu laptop on the same cable and port with an Intel > GigE, and it's ab

Re: [CentOS] Slow network

2009-09-16 Thread Juergen Gotteswinter
lspci -v output whould be helpful cen...@911networks.com wrote: > Hi, > > I have problem with a Centos 5.3 computer. The networking is very > slow. The networking card is a RealTek 1GigE. > > I plugged an Ubuntu laptop on the same cable and port with an Intel > GigE, and it's about 8 to 10 time

[CentOS] Slow network

2009-09-16 Thread centos
Hi, I have problem with a Centos 5.3 computer. The networking is very slow. The networking card is a RealTek 1GigE. I plugged an Ubuntu laptop on the same cable and port with an Intel GigE, and it's about 8 to 10 times faster. So the problem is likely to be with the CentOS config. Any suggestio