Current test machines:
(1) Win 2003 STD 64-bit SP2 with 1.5 GiB RAM + StarWind 3.5.3
(2) Win XP PRO 32-bit SP2 with 1 GiB RAM + MSiSCSIInit/StarPort
TTCP says (1) and (2) have a link that can do about 40 Mbit/s.
HDTune says average transfer rate for the SATA disk I will publish from (1) as iSCSI LUN is about 70 Mb/s.
Initiator on (2) logs on the LUN. I format it and it's ready. I run HDTune and it says 25 Mb/s.
0) What should I change to enhance the transfer rate?
1) At present, with version 3.5.3, what is best? StarWind for x86 or for x86_64?
2) Does running StarWind on desktop versus server versions of Windows affect the performance (throughput as seen from initiator's point of view)?
3) hw versus sw iSCSI initiators: how much does a hw initiator increase the throughput?
4) after configuring the Windows TCP/IP stack as described in this forum, what other changes should one perform on Windows to enhance throughput?
5) Is there a matrix where I can find the penalty/boost factopr I get when I choose this or that? (OS, RAM, physical disk, HBA, cabling, parmeters)
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