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 Total throughput on the iSCSI interface (between server and storage)
iSCSI, iSCSI Interface, Rack mounted servers, Storage in 2010, Virtualization in 2010
If i put 4 No. 10/100/1000 ethernet ports on server as well as on storage and i connect and configure teaming of the ethernet ports; what troughput i should get from it.

i) 4 GBPS throughput.

ii) Less than 4 GBPS throughput and why less.?



Software/Hardware used:
Rack mounting server, iSCSI Interface (simple layer 3 switch), Storage, virtualization
ASKED: May 26, 2010  8:45 AM
UPDATED: June 1, 2010  10:41 PM
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Microsft does not support NIC Teaming with their iSCSI initiator, so you should not use teaming. If your target allows MPIO, you should use MPIO feature of microsoft initiator. That gives you better results.

Bahmanj
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