Do a sysstat while copying the data and watch the CPU usage. We've found that when copying large amounts of data within a volume (or between volumes for that matter) that the filer becomes CPU bound and just can't move it any faster.

J-

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| | | To: Rick Gardner rgardner@westernelectronics.com | | cc: "'toasters@mathworks.com'" toasters@mathworks.com | | Subject: Re: Performance Issues |

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Rick Gardner wrote:

Anyone seen this problem?

I have performance problems when I copy large amounts of data between directories within the same volume on the NetApp. It is about 10 times faster to copy it back to my Sun box / tmp and then back to the filer.. I have a Cluster 820 with Gig NICs and the Sun box is a SunFire 280R, Solaris 8, with Gig NICs. No options with the mount commands.

I have similar experiences with netapps. I often found it faster to copy over the network to a second machine (Linux, in my case), then copy it directly between two places in the same volume.

Seems rather strange and disappointing...

-dale

No CRC errors on the switch, NetApps, or Suns...

Any ideas?

Thanks!