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Client network utilization

CHRISHOLCOMB — Wed, 04 Jun 2025 23:17:25 GMT

Hello All,

Need some command line help as it pertains to network utilization. Trying to map what a client server's network utilization is and am having a hard time trying to figure this out. To give a little background, an issue occurred where a NFS volume was being hammered and I needed to try and figure out what client server was sending - or writing - the most data. I know what LIF(s) the communication was happening over but, unable to figure how to isolate the IP address with the high workload.

Regards,

Chris

Re: Client network utilization

hariprak — Thu, 24 Sep 2015 07:08:18 GMT

Hi,

The perfstat will provide information about volume names that are experiencing high latencies. If nothing else is wrong, moving the volume to a less loaded node will provide immediate relief. Other options such as adding load sharing mirrors can also be explored.

For more details you can refer KB article: https://kb.netapp.com/support/index?page=content&id=2017656 which talks about NFS resource not performing as quickly as expected (throughput or latency).

Thanks

Re: Client network utilization

CHRISHOLCOMB — Thu, 24 Sep 2015 20:17:36 GMT

Thanks for the response!

Performance wasn't an issue. Just large amounts of data being written filling up the volume. As I mentioned before, would like to find a method to identify nodes sending large amounts of data.

Thanks again,

Chris