> From the Linux side, it appears the drive in question
> is either sdb or dm-3, and both appear to be the same
> drive.  Since switching to zfs, my Linux-disk-fu has
> become a bit rusty.  Is one an alias for the other?

Yes, dm-3 is the alias created by LVM while sdb is the "physical" (or raw) 
device

> The Linux disk appears to top out at around 50MB/s
> or so.  That looks suspiciously like it is running
>  on a gigabit connection with some problems.

That's what I believe too.  It's a 10GbE connection...

> From what I can see, you can narrow the search down
> to a few things:
> 1. Linux network stack
> 2. Linux iSCSI issues
> 3. Network cabling/switch between the devices
> 4. Nexenta CPU constraints (unlikely, I know, but
> let's be thorough)
> 5. Nexenta network stack
> 6. COMSTAR problems

We'll run your tests and share the results.  It is unlikely to be the CPUs on 
any side, they are the latests of Intel (Nexenta box) and AMD (Linux box) and 
are barely used.

Thanks for helping!
Ian
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