Date: Thu, 6 Apr 1995 21:16:40 +0100 (BST) From: Aled Morris <aledm@relay-europe.ps.net> To: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: best performance hardware Message-ID: <Pine.3.89.9504062116.A9633-0100000@relay-europe.ps.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.SUN.3.91.950406121058.24771A-100000@Xenon.Stanford.EDU>
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I'm thinking of putting together a couple of servers (NNTP and WWW) using PCI Pentium based FreeBSD systems, and I'd appreciate some advice on the best Ethernet cards to use. My hardware vendor will throw in NE-2000 clones free, but from what I've read on this list, they will take a lot of CPU to drive. Do I need PCI Ethernet boards, or will good ISA boards be enough (i.e. will I be able to run at full Ethernet speed with a 3c509?) The machines will have 90MHz CPUs, 32Mb RAM, Adaptec PCI SCSI and 2Gb or 4Gb disks. The net connections will be to an (as yet unpurchased) Ethernet switch connected to a FDDI backbone. Thoughts? Recommendations? I checked out the FAQ but there's nothing in there about relative performance of the different supported hardware. Aled -- aledm@relay-europe.ps.net | tel +44 973 207987 Perot Systems Europe Ltd. | fax +44 181 476 2419
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