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Date:      Mon, 20 May 1996 14:19:17 -0700 (MST)
From:      Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
To:        michaelh@cet.co.jp (Michael Hancock)
Cc:        bsdi-users@bsdi.com, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.com
Subject:   Re: ISDN Compression Load on CPU
Message-ID:  <199605202119.OAA28500@phaeton.artisoft.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.SV4.3.93.960521003016.1610A-100000@parkplace.cet.co.jp> from "Michael Hancock" at May 21, 96 00:38:55 am

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> SDLComm has a new PCI card called the RISCom/Pri.  Primary rate has 23
> 64Kbps B-Channels.  I wonder how many cards can be put into a P90 box
> running BSD Unix before the compression overloads the CPU? 

The RISC CPU you mean.. dunno.

> How heavy is the computational load of something like STAC compression?

As a percentage of CPU: depends on your CPU.

As a percentage of file I/O overhead: ~17%, assuming average cache
locality, degrading to ~36% for cache-busting (like IOZone).  This
was on a 486 DX/2-66, so your mileage may vary.


					Terry Lambert
					terry@lambert.org
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Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present
or previous employers.



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