Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 28 Jun 1999 12:29:32 +0200 | From | Matthew Wilcox <> | Subject | Re: FTP benchmark proposal |
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On Mon, Jun 28, 1999 at 10:47:39AM +1000, Richard Gooch wrote: > Larry McVoy writes: > > The proposal is this: > > > > a) get VA or Penguin to sponsor the hardware and the test lab, > > I'll talk to them and try and make that happen. > > b) create a test lab with enough clients to generate the load > > with a setup like so: > > > > [ server ] > > | > > gbit > > | > > [ router ] > > / / \ \ > > / / \ \ > > / / \ \ > > c c ... c c > > > > I'd also suggest that the server be set up with multiple 100 Mb cards > (aka the Mindcraft test).
[i've taken the liberty of correcting the name, as you yourself pointed out later]
Why do you suggest that? One gigabit network card is cheaper than 4 hundred megabit cards and provides more bandwidth. One of the reasons the Mindcraft benchmarketing exercise was so poor.
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