Re: Need help selecting Ethernet cards for very high throughput rates.

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From: Larry Snyder
Date: Mon, 02 Sep 1991 12:39

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dave@pmafire.inel.gov (Dave Remien) writes:

>Our SCO box, with WD8003e, 33MHz 80386 and caching ESDI controller
>simply is incapable of EVER exceeding 100KB/sec over the network, even
>using a simple send the same packet over and over again through a UDP
>connection. Average rcp/ftp stuff is about 70KB/sec.

>My Dell V.4 box, admittedly running on a '486-25 with SCSI and WD8013,
>averages 285KB/sec talking to our HP9000/720, sending 20MB at a whack.

why do you suppose the SCO box is so slow while the Dell Box screams
(is the 8013 vs the 8003 the issue - or surely not because of the 486
vs the 386)

-- 
            Larry Snyder, NSTAR Public Access Unix 219-289-0287
              {larry@news.rn.com, ..!uunet!news.rn.com!larry}

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