From: Colin Frank <kernel@osafo.com>
To: Abe Hayhurst <abe@avidsublimation.net>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Best gigabit card for linux
Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2001 21:36:10 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3BAC153A.4060700@osafo.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <001a01c13fed$ef3806f0$6c01a8c0@ABEPC>
In the following test. I was able to achieve close to 40 MegaBytes
per second using the packet engines Hamachi driver.
http://www.linuxcare.com/labs/sol-val/3w-esc6800-web.epl
Test done with:
Packet engines Hamachi card
3ware escalade 6800
2.2.16 kernel.
Cisco 6500
10 - 20 client machines each with eepro100 cards
Colin...
Abe Hayhurst wrote:
>Hi Alan,
>
>I wanted to know your opinion as to which combination of gigabit cards (both
>fiber and copper) and drivers would yield the best performance (mostly
>transferring large files from server to client, but also latency) in Linux.
>I am not a programmer, a kernel tweaker, or a driver developer. I need a
>card that either has a driver that comes with Red Hat Linux 7.1 or is easy
>to install and needs minimal tweaks to the driver. I am currently
>considering cards from 3Com (Alteon), Broadcom, Intel, and SysKonnect.
>
>Thanks for your help,
>
>Abe Hayhurst
>
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2001-09-22 4:38 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-09-18 2:59 Best gigabit card for linux Abe Hayhurst
2001-09-22 4:36 ` Colin Frank [this message]
2001-09-22 6:44 ` Ben Greear
2001-09-22 20:39 ` Todd
2001-10-03 2:26 ` Seth Goldberg
2001-10-03 4:01 ` D. Stimits
2001-10-03 4:21 ` Dan Hollis
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