> > I've set up an iScsi volume on OpenSolaris (snv_134) with these > commands: > > sh-4.0# zfs create rpool/iscsi > sh-4.0# zfs set shareiscsi=on rpool/iscsi sh-4.0# zfs create -s -V 10g > rpool/iscsi/test > > The underlying zpool is a mirror of two SATA drives. I'm connecting > from a > Mac client with global SAN initiator software, connected via Gigabit > LAN. It > connects fine, and I've initialiased a mac format volume on that iScsi > volume. > > Performance, however, is terribly slow, about 10 times slower than an > SMB share on the same pool. I expected it would be very similar, if > not faster > than SMB. > > Here's my test results copying 3GB data: > > iScsi: 44m01s 1.185MB/s > SMB share: 4m27 11.73MB/s > > Reading (the same 3GB) is also worse than SMB, but only by a factor of > about > 3: > > iScsi: 4m36 11.34MB/s > SMB share: 1m45 29.81MB/s > > > Is there something obvious I've missed here? > -- > > Hi Matt, here is a decent post on how to setup the COMSTAR and disable > the old iscsitgt service. > > http://toic.org/2009/11/08/opensolaris-server-with-comstar-and-zfs/ > > Have a great day! > > Geoff >
You should also look into block alignment as well, to prevent unnecessary hits on the drives during reads/writes. -- iMx i...@streamvia.net www.slashdevslashnull.com _______________________________________________ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
