hmm.. ill do similar tests with the init and non-init and see what i get.

also, maybe you could use iozone for benchmark data?

my command is as follows:
iozone -Razb c:\pro1000mt_test_9650se-wbcache-ncq-softinitiator.xls -f G:\tesfile.lo1


maybe open-e engineers can give us a baseline of what we should expect with performance? personally i want to be able to saturate my ethernet before i saturate my disks but it seems i cant saturate either!