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April 30th, 2019 12:00

Performance issues with MD3200i

My Dell MD3200I has performance issues. Server was recently purchased to server a purpose as a backup storage. 

Transfer rate is in the mid of 20MB/s at all times and jumps upto 50MB/s and to 0 continuously. There are no errors on the array. I was hoping anyone had experience with the appliance that could shed some  light where to start the troubleshooting.  

Thank you 

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May 1st, 2019 08:00

Hello AlexKW,

How many iSCSI connections to each controller on your MD3200i are configured? What type iSCSI adapters are you using in your server?  Is your MD3200i direct connected to the server or is it going through a switch?  Here is a link to our deployment guide and I would confirm that your setup is using best practices. https://downloads.dell.com/manuals/common/powervault-md3200i_deployment%20guide_en-us.pdf

Please let us know if you have any other questions.

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May 3rd, 2019 10:00

Hi Sam 

Im using Network-Attached Configuration. I have 2 controllers 4 ports each, connected to the 1GB Dell PowerConnect 6224 switch and Hosts are connected to the same switch

Thank you  

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May 9th, 2019 08:00

Hello AlexKW,

Are you using Round Robin for your multipathing?  Are your host in a separate vlan from your MD3200i traffic? How many virtual disks are owned by each controller?

Please let us know if you have any other questions.

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