HP StorageWorks Scalable File Share - Manual (Page 339)

Gigabit Ethernet bandwidth B–11
B.8 Gigabit Ethernet bandwidth
The graphs in Figure B-7 through Figure B-10 show how the addition of dual Gigabit Ethernet links or a
bonded Gigabit Ethernet interconnect on a server in the HP SFS system improves filesystem throughput.
Figure B-9 and Figure B-10 show how Gigabit and dual Gigabit Ethernet links perform with an MTU of
9000. (It is not currently possible to use an MTU greater than 1500 for bonded Gigabit Ethernet links.)
Figure B-7 1500 MTU average write MB/sec
Figure B-8 1500 MTU average read MB/sec
1500 MTU Average Write MB/sec
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