I have a simple doubt: Can openbsd sustain I/O at 10 Gb/s (or even close to that) on a network card ?
On 8/21/07, ACP <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, 20 Aug 2007, Chris Cappuccio wrote: > > > These cards are in the $5000 range and if you are lighting up fiber then > > you need some xenpaks that start around $1000 to $15000 ea. (If you want > > to > > light up strands from, say, Lansing to Ann Arbor, you would be using the > > $15000 part at each end, one with a 60 mile rating anyways) > > > > Before you go out and buy some, you might want to make sure that openbsd can > > handle the packet per second load that you expect to have. You may find > > that > > you have to use commercial switching gear to get what you really want. > > > > Stephan Andre' [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> I'm looking at the possibility of helping get a 10G speed network > >> running. This is new territory to me--for OpenBSD purposes, are > >> there more solid drivers out there? I'm told that the machine > >> would want to exchange a lot of data, constantly (video stuff). > >> > >> Part of my consideration would also be what 10G companies > >> have been open source friendly with hardware, etc. If I can I'd > >> like to spend money somewhere that deserves it. > >> > >> Ideas? > >> > >> Thanks, STeve Andre' > > Stephan > > Chris is spot on with the "handle the packet per second load that you > expect to have" comment. 10G driver support is relatively nascent on > OpenBSD. The pricing however is a little high, especially if you look > at other O/S besides OpenBSD. The Myricom's are very price competitive, > even with the optics. I know OpenBSD developers have Myri cards, and > support is on the horizon. reyk and loki have been doing the 10G work, > perhaps one or the other will chime in. > > my devalued US$.02 worth > > diana
