Date: Fri, 24 Apr 1998 12:16:17 -0400 (EDT) From: Open Systems Networking <opsys@mail.webspan.net> To: dwilde1@ibm.net Cc: freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: *** Real Action Item: SPECweb Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95.980424120647.1350A-100000@orion.webspan.net> In-Reply-To: <3540B774.CAB68C0C@partsnow.com>
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On Fri, 24 Apr 1998, Don Wilde wrote: > With that in mind, I'd like to solicit comments on what the best hardware > (single CPU) we can get to give us the highest TCPIP network throughput. If > you'll look at http://www.SPECbench.org, you'll see the disclosures for the > systems Novell and others have used to achieve their performance. The key to > this thing is maximum bandwidth, disk performance, and maximum intelligence on > the IO channels. Even if we do it by using a gigabit card set and fiber, we're > after exposure for FreeBSD and Apache, not necessarily long-lasting benchmark > numbers. I have no doubt in my mind that the intel card david is using in WCARCHIVE is THE card to pump out data in insane quantities. I used to love the DEC based cards and still do, and the new tx0 SMC driver is nice to, but I think the Intel Pro/100B witht he fxp driver is THE card to use. get a MB with 4 PCI slots and slam 4 of those bad boys in there. I dont know if there are multiport versions of them but even if not these cards spit fire. Thats for PCI if you want anything else im not sure. I dont know about the ATM driver never used it. We should see what david says. I think even just 4 single port 100B's could outdo by a nice margin whatever novell used. IMO anyway. David? Generally TYAN MB's I think are the best. But it all depends on the CPU/Chipset combo. So i'm going to go look at the spechweb benchmark place before hunting down good combo's. Chris -- "I am closed minded. It keeps the rain out." ===================================| Open Systems Networking And Consulting. FreeBSD 2.2.6 is available now! | Phone: 316-326-6800 -----------------------------------| 1402 N. Washington, Wellington, KS-67152 FreeBSD: The power to serve! | E-Mail: opsys@open-systems.net http://www.freebsd.org | Consulting-Network Engineering-Security ===================================| http://open-systems.net -----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- Version: 2.6.2 mQENAzPemUsAAAEH/06iF0BU8pMtdLJrxp/lLk3vg9QJCHajsd25gYtR8X1Px1Te gWU0C4EwMh4seDIgK9bzFmjjlZOEgS9zEgia28xDgeluQjuuMyUFJ58MzRlC2ONC foYIZsFyIqdjEOCBdfhH5bmgB5/+L5bjDK6lNdqD8OAhtC4Xnc1UxAKq3oUgVD/Z d5UJXU2xm+f08WwGZIUcbGcaonRC/6Z/5o8YpLVBpcFeLtKW5WwGhEMxl9WDZ3Kb NZH6bx15WiB2Q/gZQib3ZXhe1xEgRP+p6BnvF364I/To9kMduHpJKU97PH3dU7Mv CXk2NG3rtOgLTEwLyvtBPqLnbx35E0JnZc0k5YkABRO0JU9wZW4gU3lzdGVtcyA8 b3BzeXNAb3Blbi1zeXN0ZW1zLm5ldD4= =BBjp -----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message
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