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On 7/20/2011 12:04 PM, Michael W. Lucas wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm running FreeNAS 8.0/amd64, with an 8.2-p1 kernel.  When using FTP
> or SCP, performance maxes out around 30MB/s. This is on a gigabit
> network, no errors showing. 

what does
sysctl -a dev.em

show ?

What kind of switch is the box plugged into ? Can you show the output of
the switch interface showing how its connected e.g. flow control,
duplex, interface counters etc.

	---Mike

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