Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 28 Jun 1999 20:35:49 +1000 | From | Richard Gooch <> | Subject | Re: FTP benchmark proposal |
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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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