Re: Monitor network utilization?

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From: Ken Agress
Date: Fri, 19 Jun 1998 00:00

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On Thu, 18 Jun 1998 08:55:31 -0600, "Dave Mills" <dave@spam.abmp.com>
wrote:

>Single server + many users + Switch = worse performance!!!!
>Multipe servers + many users + Switch = better performance!!!!

I don't understand the logic behind the above.  Connected to a 100
Mbps (probably full duplex) port with clients accessing at 10 Mbps
(half duplex) could accept what, to the clients, would appear to be 10
simultaneous inbound packets while sending 10 simultaneous outbound
packets.  And if you switch segments instead of individual stations,
the load can be shared for multiple users per switch port.

The critical factor is that the uplink port is capable of
significantly outpacing the client ports.

How do you do your math to prove otherwise?

Ken Agress/CNE

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Date: 1998/06/19
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