On Mon, Apr 04, 2011 at 01:14:57PM +1100, Rod Whitworth wrote: > I have a Soekris 5501 with a 1641 4 port card. > The mobo has 4* vr(4) ports and the 1641 has 4* sis(4) ports > > I'm just compiling 4.9-current and I wondered about which is the better > for handling heavy traffic. > > I haven't done any load testing since both of those interfaces had some > significant improvements around 1.5 to 2 years ago. > > Anyone can tell me which is the better one or maybe which is the least > worst? > (The "least worst" is my way to see whom I'll vote for in elections (-: > ) >
As in politics, no matter what you do you're screwed. The system itself is already bad for handling heavy traffic. The difference between vr(4) and sis(4) is like the difference between rightwing nuts and leftwing nuts. Whichever you choose you're still just electing a bunch of nutheads. -- :wq Claudio
