5/2     I have a 1Gbps switch. It is connected to a SANS RAID-1 with
        two WD Green 1T that takes 1Gbps connection, as well as a laptop
        that is also 1Gbps. Online benchmarks show *sustained* transfer
        rate of about 1/2 of 1Gbps with the WD Green... cool!!! But
        in practice, I'm only getting 68Mbps (read SANS->PC file transfer),
        far below what I expected. The switch says both devices are using
        1Gbps. BTW, setting the SANS on Jumble Frame/no jumble doesn't
        change the transfer rate at all. What's going on?
        \_ Are you limited by your PC's drive speed? 68 Mbps is 8.5 MB/s
           which may be all your drive can do. What do you get copying
           data on your drive locally?
           \_ When I copy a 796MB file from the same drive, it took about
              a minute. So I figured... 796MB read and 796MB write (gross
              56 sec. So I figured... 796MB read and 796MB write (gross
              assumption that they're about the same, but false).
              That's 796*2 / 60 = 26MB/sec. So I hardly think I'm limited
              by my drive.
              That's 796*2 / 56 = 28MB/sec. So I hardly think I'm limited
              by my drive. I'm almost certain the bottleneck is due to
              something stupid I did, but seriously, I checked that NAS
              is in fact set to use 1000Mbps (or no connection), and I know
              my laptop transfer speed is super fast at work. Reallly baffled...
              my laptop transfer speed is super fast at work. Reallly
              baffled...
              \_ Your drive can't do any better than 224 Mbps. Less over
                 the network given the overhead. Figure maybe 0.66 of 224
                 for 135 Mbps. That's only a factor of two different from
                 what you are seeing. Maybe there is some caching going on
                 to give you that 2x. If the NAS is *really* capable of
                 500 Mbps (which is what my $100K Netapp striped across
                 many disks can do so it seems unlikely) then I'd look to
                 your drive or your network card. Could also be that your
                 switch sucks. Try to connect with a crossover cable to
                 see if that helps.
        \_ What is the Sustained Transfer Rate for the disks in your NAS?
           Odd are it is about 25MBps/per disk. How wide is your stripe?
           http://www.storagereview.com/map/lm.cgi/str

5/2     So, what is bchoi actually?
        \_ I think it is the beta version of achoi.

5/2     With all the old timers it feels like I'm back in college. -- jsjacob

5/2     why would my php application chew up 20-30 percent of my CPU when
        run on a real machine, but will consitently take up 60-70 percent
        of CPU when run in a vmware vm ?
        \_ the real CPU has more capacity.
           \_ Yes, did you allocate all of your CPU to the VM? Maybe you only
              gave it one CPU or something like that.
        \_ Overhead from VMWare using cycles. If you don't have vm extensions
           for your CPU that's liable to make things slower too.

5/2     What's up with this mailing list? Can't we do it like we did in the
        90's and have discussions on MOTD and the wall?
        \_ Speaking of the '90s, when can we start having '90s parties?
           \_ http://www.myspace.com/debaser90s
              Someone beat you to it.
        \_ We should keep doing it in the facebook, with the twittering.
        \_ It is INSSAAAAAANE. The mailing list activity is ridiculously
           intrusive!
           \_ You're ridiculously stupid. Unsubscribe or change it to digest and
              stop your whining.
           \_ You're ridiculously stupid. Unsubscribe or change it to digest
              and stop your whining.
              \_ you're a fucknut. i still have the right to complain about
                 the stupidity of the mailing list content/activity.
        \_ I get way more email than you can possibly imagine.  forward it
                                     why? just curious. I  _/
                                     always wonder about statements
                                     like this, and how much the
                                     stater gets and why.
                                     \_ I'm just making fun of Christine's
                                        whining.  Don't take me seriously.
           all to Gmail, use a label for CSUA, deal with it.  quit whining.
        \_ See latest mail. I'm thinking of changing it to digest. That should help
           those of you who are too lazy to change it yourself. --t