Yeah the speeds do seem to be exceeding what the NIC can handle - I can easily saturate the connection when doing file copies between Windows boxes, it does seem a bit slower using iSCSI connections to the MS Target so I'm going to tweak that next using some stuff from Technet / Starwinds.
Managed to pick up another dual port NIC so what I'm going to do is try having all my iSCSI connections on another gigabit switch I picked up and use LAG and stack tweaks to see what this little box can handle - it's definitely keeping me out of mischief for a few days These little HP servers are alright! Got the important stuff like SABnzbd and Sickbeard on here now too, it's loads better now I can just stream everything off one place and not be dicking around with loads of little HDDs all the time!
It's about time I brushed my skills up so I'm loving all this
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