Date: Sat, 25 Jun 2005 04:45:06 +0100 From: Thomas Hurst <tom.hurst@clara.net> To: Arkadi Shishlov <arkadi@mebius.lv> Cc: freebsd-performance@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Fibre Gig card recommendations? Message-ID: <20050625034506.GA96367@voi.aagh.net> In-Reply-To: <20050624213926.GA7825@mebius.lv> References: <000f01c577dd$0b82dad0$fef929d9@multiplay.co.uk> <Pine.SOC.4.61.0506232229290.6058@tea.blinkenlights.nl> <03bf01c57844$811874a0$fef929d9@multiplay.co.uk> <42BBEE70.1050503@centtech.com> <20050624213926.GA7825@mebius.lv>
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* Arkadi Shishlov (arkadi@mebius.lv) wrote:
> > I use the em cards (Intel Pro 1000/MT's and the like) in many
> > machines here, and they are rock solid. You'll pay a little more
> > for them, but there is a reason for it.
>
> Whats about performance and stability with MTU > 1500? I tried
> increasing MTU on my Intel-made servers to speed-up NFS, but both
> 5.3 em and 2.x Intel provided drivers get stuck after some time with
> interface in OACTIVE state.
I've been using MTU=9014 for a while now without problems, aside from
the odd glitch with autonegotiation. Switch is an SMC 8505T, using both
WinXP and FreeBSD 5 drivers.
--
Thomas 'Freaky' Hurst
http://hur.st/
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