AJ McKee wrote:
> Mmmmm
>> The following seem to have improved data transfer performance by about 45%
>> $ ifconfig eth0 txqueuelen 1000
> $ ethtool -K eth0 tso off
>> However load is still getting very high
[snip]
You may want to check that the load is attributed to something other
than I/O wait. I'd expect that it's mostly blocking I/O that's bringing
your load avg up, which is what I'd expect in the situation you've
described.
Best regards,
-->Gar
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