Hello Todd!

All the parameters i tested already and the support told me that some cards have problems. I can't believe it that all my cards have problems. I have a PCIe attached Intel 82573 on board and a Intel Pro 1000XT Server Adapter in one of the PCI-X slots. And i tested a Pro 1000MT Desktop too, but same problem...

I ask you: When i made my iSCSI targets with FileIO and with this i got a 99% load of the network card in windows (111 MB/s) when using the MS iSCSI Initiator but with BlockIO i got never more than 35-40 MB/s. Can this be a network card configuration issue?

A other thing i wrote the suooprt and this points against a network issue too:

While using BlockIO i downloaded a log during a restore from LTO tape with 500 MB/Min. In the log hdparm reported this:
Timing buffered disk reads: 282 MB in 3.04 seconds = 92.70 MB/sec

Without a runnung tape restore i got:
Timing buffered disk reads: 1098 MB in 3.00 seconds = 365.94 MB/sec

Now my data is again restoring from tape and i downloaded a log again. The restore runs faster than ever i had with BlockIO, now the restore runs with 850 MB/Min:
Timing buffered disk reads: 910 MB in 3.00 seconds = 303.29 MB/sec

And the upgrade from the 2.21 to the 2.30 was the problem. I made it, deleted all data on the drive from the console and made all new from the Web-Gui. After that the system was slow. (On the same hardware i installed the OpenFiler after that i must made the volumes new, again.)

I'm sending all my informations to the support. But i think they didn't take me seriously.

One week ago they want a remote session, i should made some tests with iometer. I got no feedback what they find out. Next time i called they asked me about my controller and wanted a log. They didn't know that i send already a log? Everytime i call i think i begin for new...

Is here someone who uses the iSCSI R3 Enterprise with BlockIO and this works?

Can i use FileIO and BlockIO mixed? I have created 2 targets with FileIO on my storage and 900GB of free space. For a test, can i switch the target type to BlockIO and create a 3rd target hat uses BlockIO? If not then i'm finished with testing. Currently i made the 3rd restore of my 1,7 TB of data...

Greetings
Stefan