That is an interesting idea, since it is a built in gigabit nic on a dell, I sometimes see console messages mentioning that it is increasing the tx threshold, wasn't sure what that was about. My speed issues don't seem nearly as extreme however. Quoting Shawn Fertch <sfertch at gmail.com>: > I ran into an issue similar to this on a RH9 install. A 5k file being > written to a Samba share would take between 30 seconds and 7 minutes, > and multiple people were experiencing it from different subnets in > addition to the multiple file copy problem. > > I wound up replacing the built-in ethernet device with a 3C905TX and > so far seems to be good. Take a look at your NIC error counts, and > try adjusting your speed settings as well. > > In regards to HDD monitors, look for iostat as well as smartmontools > IIRC... > > On Thu, 29 Jul 2004 09:38:26 -0500, christopher at 7penguins.com > <christopher at 7penguins.com> wrote: > > I've recently put into place a few different servers that use Hardware IDE > Raid > > Arrays (RAID5)with ext3 Fedora C1 and Fedora C2 boxes, (2.4 and 2.6 > kernels) and > > I've been getting some speed complaints. Is there a good way to load test > this > > kind of config? I know what the hdparm type tests show, but most of these > > servers aren't ever heavily loaded cpu or memory wise. Moving a large set > of > > files will show the load avg. moving up, but I'd like to find the > bottleneck. > > (barring the physical network for now) I was planning on using a crossover > cable > > and an XP client of some kind. Ideas? > > > > Thanks, > > > > Chris > > > > _______________________________________________ > > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > > Help beta test TCLUG's potential new home: http://plone.mn-linux.org > > Got pictures for TCLUG? Beta test http://plone.mn-linux.org/gallery > > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > > https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > > > > -- > -Shawn > > "That which hits the fan, will not be evenly distributed." > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > Help beta test TCLUG's potential new home: http://plone.mn-linux.org > Got pictures for TCLUG? Beta test http://plone.mn-linux.org/gallery > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota Help beta test TCLUG's potential new home: http://plone.mn-linux.org Got pictures for TCLUG? Beta test http://plone.mn-linux.org/gallery tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list