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<DIV><SPAN class=025022814-03082007><FONT face=Arial size=2>Are there any ESX
gurus out there?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=025022814-03082007><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=025022814-03082007><FONT face=Arial size=2>I have a bad I/O
problem with our ESX 3.0.2 build 52542 server that I thought I would ask
about</FONT></SPAN><SPAN class=025022814-03082007><FONT face=Arial size=2>. The
same problem occurs when using 3.0.1-32029 (unpatched).</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=025022814-03082007><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=025022814-03082007><FONT face=Arial size=2>Host Computer:
</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=025022814-03082007><FONT face=Arial size=2>Dell Poweredge 2850
BIOS A06</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=025022814-03082007><FONT face=Arial size=2>2x 3.0 GHz Xeon
Procs (HT disabled)</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=025022814-03082007><FONT face=Arial size=2>4GB
RAM</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=025022814-03082007><FONT face=Arial size=2>Dual Intel 8254NXX
Gigabit Ethernet onboard</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=025022814-03082007><FONT face=Arial size=2>PERC
4E/Di</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=025022814-03082007></SPAN><SPAN class=025022814-03082007><FONT
face=Arial size=2>2x 146GB SCSI3 (Maxtor) drives internal (RAID 1)
</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=025022814-03082007><FONT face=Arial size=2>1 LD =
~139GB</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=025022814-03082007><FONT face=Arial size=2>PERC
4E/Dc</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=025022814-03082007><FONT face=Arial size=2>Powervault 220VS w/
10x 146GB SCSI3 (Maxtor) drives (RAID 5 w/ 2 hotspares) </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=025022814-03082007><FONT face=Arial size=2>1LD =
979MB</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=025022814-03082007><FONT face=Arial size=2>All components have
been updated to the latest availble firmware from Dell (even all 12
drives!)</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=025022814-03082007><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=025022814-03082007><FONT face=Arial size=2>My problem is any
type of file operation seems to hang every 50-200MB. cp, ftp, scp,
everything.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=025022814-03082007><FONT face=Arial size=2>You can see it with
an ftp hash especially. It hangs for a second, then takes off
again. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=025022814-03082007><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=025022814-03082007><FONT face=Arial size=2>I have put together
some transfer stats for you to look at (attached).</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=025022814-03082007><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=025022814-03082007><FONT face=Arial size=2>Any suggestions on
where to go from here? </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=025022814-03082007><FONT face=Arial size=2>Any Performance
testing/diagnostic utils/tips?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=025022814-03082007><FONT face=Arial size=2>Any more info
needed?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=025022814-03082007><FONT face=Arial size=2>Anyone run into this
before? </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=025022814-03082007><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=025022814-03082007><FONT face=Arial size=2>I could really use
some help on this... Any suggestions would be
helpful.</FONT></SPAN></DIV></DIV>
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size=2>--------------------------------------------------</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Tim Morris</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Systems Engineer</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Siemens Automation and
Drives</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>UGS PLM Software</FONT></DIV>
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