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InForm OS Version 2.3.1 Remote Copy User’s Guide
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Comparing MTU Speeds
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Comparing MTU Speeds
Depending on workload, you might see as much as a 50 percent increase by using a 9000 byte
MTU setting as opposed to a 1500 byte MTU setting. To see the difference in throughput
between the 1500 and the 9000 byte MTU settings for a specific system, you can configure a
test volume group and measure the initial volume synchronization throughput using the
statport -rcip
command as follows:
1 Set the MTU to the default (1500 bytes) for each port on both the primary and backup
storage servers.
where
<N:S:P> is the port location given in Node:Slot:Port format.
2 On the primary storage server, configure a test volume group with a single volume of 20GB.
a Create a test CPG on the primary and one on the backup:
where
<test_cpg> is the name of the CPG to be created.
# controlport rcip mtu 1500 <N:S:P>
On InServ1:
# createcpg <test_cpg>
On InServ2:
# createcpg <test_cpg>