Intel I350 base-T BONDED PAIR throughput SUCKS!
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 Disable VMQ on the NIC devices if that option is available. 
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 @dafyre said: Disable VMQ on the NIC devices if that option is available. This is the biggest thing I have found. VMQ is enabled by default and likely his hardware does not support it. 
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 I've gotten to where I disabled VMQ and *Offload on any network card that is in my system these days... Especially if I am going to use Hyper-V... 99% of the times I've seen either (or both) used, it has caused some really awful performance! 
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 anybody know what sort of blip i'll see if i disable vmq in a live environment? a second or two? would end users notice? 
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 I doubt that they would notice, but it's possible. 
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 lol yeah, that's the consensus. meh, we dont know haha 
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 Not sure I've ever heard of someone trying it. Maybe just do it during lunch? What kind of workload(s) is it? 
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 sql tier to EMR and a dc 
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 Anything external talking to SQL Server? 
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 DC will definitely be fine. 
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 all of the workstations that access EMR (60 or so) query sql 
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 It has been over a year since I did this on a running system. I do not recall any big issue. Performance was so crappy though that even a quick blip would have just be ignored. 
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 I like Scott's idea, warn the management at least that you are doing it, and do it over lunch if they approve, otherwise schedule for tonight. 
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 they havent been whining about performance today so i'm just gonna wait til tonight 



