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Is it useful to configure NIC teaming on Dell R420 (running with 5 x 800GB 10000 RPM Hdd) ?  Will 1Gpbs network or the internal RAID controller be a bottleneck in case both run as a maximum capacity ?

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What's the RAID throughput on Dell R420 ?
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What type of RAID? RAID 10 will deliver the best output.

Use this to calculate the best possible speed: http://wintelguy.com/raidperf.pl
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5 x 800GB 10000 RPM RAID5. What's the theoretical transfer rate ?

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Assuming one HDD can read at 150MBps, then you should expect double from your RAID, i.e. 300 MBps.

Note that the speed will be much lower when doing random reads.
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In case I monitor the current throughput of the network card (use window counter). If the actual usage is below 50%, can I say add NIC teaming doesn't improve anything ?

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