Network teaming Windows Server 2008 R2

Question

I have two Windows Server 2008 R2 servers that need to share files on SAS attached logical drives over a 10G network connection.

The servers have two 10G ports so I'm wondering if I can use both of them to increase file I/O performance and how it would be done.

Currently I am getting 300Mb/sec file transfer and would like to see 500 to 600Mb/sec.

File transfer from one logical drive to another directly attached to a server is twice as fast as file transfer over the network. — David_RoadKing, May 13 '15 at 01:04
Well, you aren't saturating the 10G port, so that's the problem you should work on. — Michael Hampton, May 13 '15 at 01:11
Maybe it's SMB. I need to do some testing. I have not changed any settings yet. — David_RoadKing, May 13 '15 at 01:40
Update to Windows 2012 R2 (SMBv3), make sure you have Jumbo Frames enabled. — MichelZ, May 13 '15 at 04:28

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered May 13 '15 at 05:18

Your best bet is to upgrade. You'll get the best performance from SMB 3 cluster and clients (ver. 8 and up) but on SMB 2 clients you can at least maximize their nice thruput by enabling jumbo frames on the server. Note that a CAFS requires an 8 or better client

Network teaming Windows Server 2008 R2

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