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This is very logical.

Having a multiple conversations to a single port is not switching ethernet
beneficial
whereas balancing the load on more then one server aka creating a multiple
to multiple
ethernet conversations allows for a much better switch fabric utilization.

Shaul Efraim
Tel-Aviv, Israel.


tbenson@dzs.com wrote in message <6mdnmb$tm8$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com>...
>In article <6mb9rh$7o8$1@chile.it.earthlink.net>,
>  "Dave Mills" <dave@spam.abmp.com> wrote:
>>
>> Single server + many users + Switch = worse performance!!!!
>> Multipe servers + many users + Switch = better performance!!!!
>>
>
>
>Is that due to the delay as packets are checked and routed to the
appropriate
>port?  Is that server dependant, or traffic dependant?  I'm a newbie, but I
>assumed that as network traffic increases, the added delay would be
>insignificant compared to the delay caused by collisions/retransmissions on
a
>shared network.
>
>(The first half of my original post, which started this thread, was to
>inquire about software that monitors network traffic.  If I knew the
>utilization level, it might help me decide whether to buy a switch or just
>another hub)
>
>Thanks for your input,
>  Tom
>
>
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