Sure can. All the "network traffic" is going through the loopback interface. Check out your ifstat -a and you'll see it.

-- Adam Fox NetApp Professional Services, NC adamfox@netapp.com

-----Original Message----- From: Manny Kaiser [mailto:mkaiser@mmcnet.com] Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2001 3:47 AM To: toasters@mathworks.com Subject: ndmpcopy and sysstat

Hi,

When running ndmpcopy, copying data localy, on an idle machine, I notice that when running sysstat I see that while there is intensive disk activity there is also intensive network activity of similar magnitude.

I assumed that all the data would remain local on the netapp without any attempt of data going over the net.

Can someone explain.