Re: Token Ring vs. Ethernet

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From: Vernon Schryver
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 07:15

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In article <1992Nov19.190924.12205@netcom.com>, seifert@netcom.com (Rich Seifert) writes:
> ...
> Assuming that each room has 30 workstations with a server, there is
> very little probability that any LAN (Ethernet or Token Ring) would
> be pushed to performance limits. ...

Depending on the workstations and servers, I beg to differ.

One or two NFS clients and an NFS or two server can be a big part of
1MByte/sec, when they're active.  Some installations have significant
problems with that many workstations per wire.

Vernon Schryver,  vjs@sgi.com

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From: vjs@rhyolite.wpd.sgi.com (Vernon Schryver)
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Subject: Re: Token Ring vs. Ethernet
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Date: 20 Nov 92 07:15:53 GMT
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