Cell Relay Archive[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next] [Date Index][Thread Index][Author Index][Subject Index] Re: What PC 155/622 Mb ATM Card to buy ???
In article <35B33DD5.76DD1F71@odot.dot.ohio.gov>, Spencer Wood <swood@odot.dot.ohio.gov> wrote: >Tom Lawrence wrote: >> > Does anyone have some good experiences with a PC 155 Mb or 622 Mb >> > ATM Card , to work with Cisco LS-1010 and Cat5000. >> Why would you want a 622Mb card for a PC? >I wouldn't think you could get a PC to actually be able to transfer at >622mb........I remember reading a review about 100mb cards that on a >Pentium Pro server with a 100mb Full Duplex card, it would take >something like 80% of the CPU to run the card flat out (Full Duplex, >100mb)... what operating system/environment was that? ftp.cdrom.com, running freebsd, serves over 9 trillion Bytes/month to over 2 million sessions/month; this system runs on a single pentium pro system connected to a 100Mb fast ethernet. considering it is connected to 4 scsi controllers controlling 32 disk volumes, i would think that this system doesn't run at 80% (it allows up to 3200 simultaneous ftp sessions, and is connected to "multiple" DS3 and OC3 circuits by virtue of being colocated in CRL's network). -- Henry Yen Hicksville, NY (yes, there really is a "Hicksville"...) |
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