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SubjectRe: FTP benchmark proposal
Matthew Wilcox writes:
> 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]

Fingers detached from brain :-(

> 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.

It makes sense to be able to easily rig up a test bench which is being
used to embarrass us. If we had had such a rig at the time of the
original M$^WMindcraft tests, we could have fixed the problems by the
second test.
Flexibility in the test rig is highly desirable.

I wonder how much effort M$ put into finding a weakness in the
kernel...

Regards,

Richard....

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