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Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2014 20:34:58 +0000
From: Sitsofe Wheeler <sitsofe@yahoo.com>
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On Mon, Mar 17, 2014 at 09:13:47PM +0100, jvogt wrote:
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> I just wanted to make some tests before taking it all in production.
> Thank you all for your answers!

If you want raw upper maximum numbers try using direct=1 ioengine=libaio
with an appropriate iodepth against the openiscsi block device. Bear in
mind things like iodepth and whether coalescing can take place can make
a huge difference...

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