Date: Mon, 2 Mar 1998 19:24:34 -0500 (EST) From: Christopher <reddawg@shellz.Malicia.com> To: Kenjiro Cho <kjc@csl.sony.co.jp> Cc: freebsd-atm@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ATM Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980302192417.23619C-100000@shellz.Malicia.com> In-Reply-To: <199803020500.NAA13598@hotaka.csl.sony.co.jp>
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wich do you prefer a pentium pro or pentium two to do routing? On Mon, 2 Mar 1998, Kenjiro Cho wrote: > > >> What hard should i use to run multink atm for dual oc3's Someone recomend > >> me to use a ppro200 with 512k cash and viking ram and an intel motherboard > >> with an atm card from efficient, was i recomend the right stuff or should > >> i use something different and will running SMP work any better for atm > >> then a single proccessor? > > When using the supported ATM cards (ENI or Adaptec), the bottleneck is > not processor power but memory access speed. So, faster CPU or SMP > won't help much. > > If your machine will be used as a router, Pentium-II/200 with 440LX or > PPro/200/256K with 440FX will be enough to handle dual 155M ATM. > If you run applications on the machine, get faster CPU. > > Regarding ATM cards, Adaptec card is much simpler from the driver's > point of view, but I don't see much difference in performance. > > --kj > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-atm" in the body of the message
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