Re: hardware requirements

[Rich Adamson <radamson () routers com>]

> > As a strang recent example, we're trying to identify why a
> > specific client's server with two gige interfaces cannot sustain
> > traffic throughput greater then 170,000 bits/sec through a single
> > interface.
>
> That's really poor. I get ~95% of 100BaseT (i.e. about 95,000,000 bits/sec) 
> when serving ~600MByte files via FTP from a P4 2.40B to a PIII 450 client. 
> Nothing special infrastructure wise, either; the client uses an Realtek 
> 8139-based NIC I bought for under 10GBP and the server uses the on-board 
> Intel Pro-100VE. The switch is a no-name I bought for 20GBP.
>
> I'm under no illusions that this is 'enterprise' hardware or even a 
> remotely similar test, but the performance you're indicating is /so/ poor 
> it indicates something is /seriously/ wrong for you.
>
> > We've double-checked all the basic stuff, and there
> > are no errors or discards happening anywhere, including the
> > correctly configured cisco switch that it attachs to. We'll find
> > the issue, but we're just not there as yet.
>
> Are you sure all your units of measurement are correct?! ;-)

Oh yes, been doing this type of work professionally for many years. :)

There is something wrong with that server, just haven't got to the
root as yet.




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