-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Alan Hodgson wrote: > On Friday 07 September 2007 10:56, "Bryan Murphy" > <bryan.murphy@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Our database server connects to the san via iSCSI over Gig/E using >> jumbo frames. File system is XFS (noatime). >> >> Throughput, however, kinda sucks. I just can't get the kind of >> throughput to it I was hoping to get. > > A single Gig/E couldn't even theoretically do better than 125MB/sec, so > yeah I would expect throughput sucks pretty bad. We have a customer that has a iSCSI SAN that can bond multiple Gig/E connections that provides them with reasonable performance. You should see if yours allows it. Joshua D. Drake > - -- === The PostgreSQL Company: Command Prompt, Inc. === Sales/Support: +1.503.667.4564 24x7/Emergency: +1.800.492.2240 PostgreSQL solutions since 1997 http://www.commandprompt.com/ UNIQUE NOT NULL Donate to the PostgreSQL Project: http://www.postgresql.org/about/donate PostgreSQL Replication: http://www.commandprompt.com/products/ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFG4ZbGATb/zqfZUUQRAhtmAKCh/PsmkL/JOPq4++Aci2/XwDDJ7wCfbwJs 5vBg+TG5xQFKoJMdybpjDWo= =up8R -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 2: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster