Date: Fri, 12 Apr 1996 00:39:45 -0400 (EDT) From: Nathan Stratton <nathan@netrail.net> To: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> Cc: freebsd-question@freebsd.org, freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: What is the max network IO on a FreeBSD box? Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.3.92.960412003055.32385A-100000@netrail.net> In-Reply-To: <199604120252.TAA00634@phaeton.artisoft.com>
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On Thu, 11 Apr 1996, Terry Lambert wrote: > Everything after that tends to be latency, assuming you have a very > fast box. Latency translates into pool retention time, which for > any given bandwidth translates into memory requirements. How fast of a CPU should I get? P5 133, 160, should I go to P6? > T1 is slow; it shouldn't be a problem. The best number's I've seen > for FDDI is 60-something Mbit/S... 2/3's of one wire bandwidth. > > You should go over the list archives for the -current list to get the > actual performance figures on the 100 Mbit/S tests (I didn't run them, > I'm just quoting from memory). Ya, have been looking, but have not found any performance figures yet. This is what I want to do: | | | | 24 Mbps frac T3 transit into MCI | | | | | FDDI |--------|----------| Customer T1's |------| nr-1-arlington-va |----- | |---------------|---| | | | | | | T1 to Baltimore POP | | | | FDDI |-------------------| Customer T1's |------| nr-2-arlington-va |----- | |-------------------| | | | | | | | FDDI |-------------------| Customer T1's |------| nr-3-arlington-va |----- | |---------------|---| | | | | | | T1 to Atlanta POP | | | | FDDI |----------------------| FDDI into MAE-East Giga Switch Port |------| Mae-East.netrail.net |------------------------------------- | |----------|-----------| | | | | 27 Mbps frac T3 to Customer | | | | | | I am going to try SDL's PCI T3 cards, and the DEC FDDI cards. I want to make sure this will work so this new frac T3 customer will not get screwed. If this will not work the only other thing I know of is a Cisco 7505 and that is BIG bucks, min system that will work for 2 FDDI and 1 T3 is about $57,000. If anyone has any info on this let me know. I know I can get the bandwidth from MCI and our MAE-East to cover the new frac T3 connection, but not sure if the FreeBSD routers will do it. Nathan Stratton CEO, NetRail, Inc. Tracking the future today! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Phone (703)524-4800 NetRail, Inc. Fax (703)534-5033 2007 N. 15 St. Suite 5 Email sales@netrail.net Arlington, Va. 22201 WWW http://www.netrail.net/ Access: (703) 524-4802 guest --------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own." Matthew 6:34
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