On Wed, Jun 25, 2008 at 1:19 PM, Bob Friesenhahn < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Wed, 25 Jun 2008, Tim wrote: > >> >> Uhhh... 64bit/133mhz is 17Gbit/sec. I *HIGHLY* doubt that bus will be a >> limit. Without some serious offloading, you aren't pushing that amount of >> bandwidth out the card. Most systems I've seen top out around 6bit/sec >> with >> current drivers. >> > > In that case, perhaps someone has installed a faster interface card and can > post some performance numbers. > > There are useful applications which require 4Gbit streaming performance > (300MB/second continuous) to a client via a single interface. > > Gigabit ethernet is now a typical client desktop interface and clients are > able to saturate it. > > > Bob > ====================================== > Bob Friesenhahn > [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.simplesystems.org/users/bfriesen/ > GraphicsMagick Maintainer, http://www.GraphicsMagick.org/ > > The issue is cost. It's still cheaper for someone to buy two quad-port gig-e cards and trunk all the interfaces than it is for them to buy a single 10Gb card.
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