Re: used hardware..

2009-12-18 Thread Azher Mughal
Not advocating NHR, but I bought one 6509 switch with several blades and no trouble for about a year. -Azher Paul Stewart wrote: Our results with NHR were a disaster - that's all I'm say on a public list. I highly recommend Knowledge Computers anytime someone asks - mention my name as a

Re: Speed Testing and Throughput testing

2009-11-02 Thread Azher Mughal
perfsonar livecd offers npad service that remote hosts can connect and see the performance and results. http://www.internet2.edu/performance/toolkit/index.html TcpOptimizer helps tunning the tcp/ip for windows systems. http://www.speedguide.net/downloads.php nuttcp is good to generate packets/s

Re: NPE-G2 vs. Sup720-3BXL

2009-05-15 Thread Azher Mughal
New architectures might be helpful to achieve such throughput e.g. Myricom pci-e Gen2 10GE cards on new Intel Nehalem based servers. -Azher Leo Bicknell wrote: > In a message written on Fri, May 15, 2009 at 10:25:12PM -0400, > valdis.kletni...@vt.edu wrote: >> Did you check PCI bus bandwidth? T

Re: Gigabit speed test anybody?

2009-03-25 Thread Azher Mughal
body in Seattle for file transfer testing. > > Thanks, > Rick > > > On Wed, March 25, 2009 12:10, Azher Mughal wrote: >> You can try: >> >> http://www.measurementlab.net/measurement-lab-tools#ndt >> >> -Azher >> >> Rick E

Re: Gigabit speed test anybody?

2009-03-25 Thread Azher Mughal
You can try: http://www.measurementlab.net/measurement-lab-tools#ndt -Azher Rick Ernst wrote: > Resent from my subscribed address. Hopefully this isn't a dupe to anybody. > --- > > > I'm working on turning up our first GigE connection (400mbs CIR) and the >

Re: help with connectivity check?

2009-03-17 Thread Azher Mughal
https://mgmt.hep.caltech.edu/routeproxy Jason Lewis wrote: > This brings up something I've been thinking about. Are there any free > services that let you submit an IP and get traces back from multiple > geographic locations? > > There are plenty of internet measurement projects, but none of the

Re: Looking Glass script

2009-03-02 Thread Azher Mughal
Router Proxy from Indiana University: http://sourceforge.net/projects/routerproxy/ We are using it with Cisco and Force10. -Azher USLHCNet Andy BIERLAIR wrote: > I was wondering if somebody knows where to find a decent looking glass > script (PHP or Perl) that is compatible with Cisco 6500 Rou

Re: XKL

2009-02-11 Thread Azher Mughal
We used DXM10 at Caltech to connect the switches at colo in downtown LA during supercomputing 2008. Configuration is pretty straight forward and box is well stable. No errors / link flaps seen on the ports. Few of the ports were LR for 7606 and some were SR for servers connecting Myricom 10GE NICs