We have 40GB. Bare metal, we can push that. Virtual struggles doing anything over 1GB
On Thu, Mar 30, 2017 at 3:01 PM Michael B. Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > You really need AT LEAST 1 Gbps physical network for it to be worthwhile. > I’ve seen it literally make a 100% difference in performance. The faster > the physical layer the more difference it can make… > > > > Of course, going from SMB1 to SMB3.x can do the same. > > > > Several things can come into play… > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Don Ely > *Sent:* Thursday, March 30, 2017 1:15 PM > *To:* [email protected] > > > *Subject:* Re: [NTSysADM] Anyone see this VMware announcement and deal > with it? > > > > We're having the issue now.... Trying to push 20GB and can barely push > 1GB... > > > > On Thu, Mar 30, 2017 at 10:10 AM Jason Posner <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Come to find out we've not been utilizing RSS on our 2012r2 (all deployed > with VMXNet3 by default). And nobody really knew about it when I asked. The > few 2008 servers I've checked have it turned on, which is default. This > will be something I revisit once VMware fixes the current issue. Look > forward to testing on a few servers to see if there's a noticeable > difference. > > Jason Posner > Systems Administrator > Weis Markets, Inc > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Charles F Sullivan > Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2017 9:26 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [NTSysADM] Anyone see this VMware announcement and deal with > it? > > That's okay, got it anyway. Both points are very relevant to me and I've > passed on the information about the packet loss to the rest of my group, as > I didn't know about this until you posted here. > > If I check a Windows 2012 VM that is current with its Tools on a 5.5 host, > it's at the latest unaffected version. We are just adding 6.0 hosts and I > suspect that if I were to upgrade any VMs on those hosts, they would be at > an affected version, so I've let everyone know to hold off until there is a > patch. > > Thanks again for the information. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] > On Behalf Of Kurt Buff > Sent: Monday, March 27, 2017 5:41 PM > To: ntsysadm <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [NTSysADM] Anyone see this VMware announcement and deal with > it? > > Dang it... > > I forgot to put in the point of the post: Win2012 and Win2012R2 machines > with current-ish VMware tools and RSS enabled can experience some packet > loss. Current recommendation until VMware fixes the VMWare Tools is to > older version. > > Yuck. > > Kurt > > On Mon, Mar 27, 2017 at 1:30 PM, Kurt Buff <[email protected]> wrote: > > The comments section is very interesting, including the author stating > > that best practice is to turn on RSS in multi-cpu machines with > > VMXNet3 adapters > > https://blogs.vmware.com/apps/2017/03/rush-post-vmware-tools-rss-incom > > patibility-issues.html > > > > > >
