Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: FTP benchmark proposal | From | Jes Sorensen <> | Date | 28 Jun 1999 13:57:51 +0200 |
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>>>>> "Steve" == Steve Underwood <steveu@netpage.com.hk> writes:
Steve> Hi there, Matthew Wilcox wrote:
>> 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.
Steve> If you run benchmark tests with GB Ethernet you loose any right Steve> to complain about unrealistic benchmarks that others might Steve> create. A machine with 4 x 100MB Ethernet cards is a common Steve> real world configuration - often more for redundancy than Steve> actual throughput. How many people have GB Ethernet installed, Steve> or will do so in the next 12 months?
4 * 100Mbit Ethernet costs 4 PCI slots unless you get a quad card and then the price suddenly goes way up and part of the redundancy idea goes away. And you waste most if not all of your PCI slots which would have been nice for a couple of SCSI controllers.
The sale of Gigabit Ethernet is going through the roof, lotsa people buy it, though I suspect most of them don't have the slightest clue why they buy it.
Steve> Also tell me where I can get a GB Ethernet card for US$70. I Steve> can get 4 x 100Mbps high performance Tulip compatible cards for Steve> that. Also where could I get a GB hub for less than 4 times a Steve> 100MB hub?
A Gigabit Ethernet car costs less than $300 these days, I doubt you can get a quad Ethernet card for that price. Besides you want a switch if you want to gain anything from having four cards running, plugging four cards into the same machine and then into a hub is gonna give you exactly the same bandwidth as _one_ 100Mbit card.
I haven't checked the prices recently, but I also suspect that one Gigabit port in a switch is cheaper or at least close to the price of 4 100Mbit ports.
Steve> Lets get real here
Thats exactly what we are.
Jes
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