Date: Wed, 25 Feb 1998 14:38:51 -0600 From: Karl Denninger <karl@mcs.net> To: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> Cc: freebsd@isvara.net, FreeBSD Hackers <hackers@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: "Best" Fast Ethernet Card Message-ID: <19980225143851.34237@mcs.net> In-Reply-To: <199802252005.MAA20744@dingo.cdrom.com>; from Mike Smith on Wed, Feb 25, 1998 at 12:05:40PM -0800 References: <34F477DC.41FD810D@challenge.isvara.net> <199802252005.MAA20744@dingo.cdrom.com>
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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
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