From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Feb 25 13:32:26 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA26650 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Wed, 25 Feb 1998 13:32:26 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from Kitten.mcs.com (Kitten.mcs.com [192.160.127.90]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA26436 for ; Wed, 25 Feb 1998 13:31:55 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from karl@Mars.mcs.net) Received: from Mars.mcs.net (karl@Mars.mcs.net [192.160.127.85]) by Kitten.mcs.com (8.8.7/8.8.2) with ESMTP id OAA25659; Wed, 25 Feb 1998 14:38:52 -0600 (CST) Received: (from karl@localhost) by Mars.mcs.net (8.8.7/8.8.2) id OAA18189; Wed, 25 Feb 1998 14:38:51 -0600 (CST) Message-ID: <19980225143851.34237@mcs.net> Date: Wed, 25 Feb 1998 14:38:51 -0600 From: Karl Denninger To: Mike Smith Cc: freebsd@isvara.net, FreeBSD Hackers Subject: Re: "Best" Fast Ethernet Card References: <34F477DC.41FD810D@challenge.isvara.net> <199802252005.MAA20744@dingo.cdrom.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.84 In-Reply-To: <199802252005.MAA20744@dingo.cdrom.com>; from Mike Smith on Wed, Feb 25, 1998 at 12:05:40PM -0800 Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, Feb 25, 1998 at 12:05:40PM -0800, Mike Smith wrote: > > > Low system overhead is the key here. I'm starting to see things that look a > > > lot like system CPU starvation with the SMC Etherpower 10/100s here on some > > > of our fileservers. > > > > The recently released 3com Fast Etherink XL (rev B) 3C905B NIC is the best money > > can buy (apart from server cards costing upwards of 250UKP). > > It has lower CPU usage than any other card, helping it to give the fastest > > performance. > > Uh, FTL has one of these. It seems to work just fine, but I would say > that at least for FreeBSD the Intel EtherExpress Pro 100B still gives > you the best throughput:overhead ratio. > > -- > \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith > \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au > \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org > \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com > > Hmmm... two opinions eh? :-) Is the SMC worse than either? By how much? -- -- Karl Denninger (karl@MCS.Net)| MCSNet - Serving Chicagoland and Wisconsin http://www.mcs.net/ | T1's from $600 monthly to FULL DS-3 Service | NEW! K56Flex support on ALL modems Voice: [+1 312 803-MCS1 x219]| EXCLUSIVE NEW FEATURE ON ALL PERSONAL ACCOUNTS Fax: [+1 312 803-4929] | *SPAMBLOCK* Technology now included at no cost To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message