Date: Thu, 06 Apr 1995 16:37:24 -0700 From: David Greenman <davidg@Root.COM> To: Aled Morris <aledm@relay-europe.ps.net> Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: best performance hardware Message-ID: <199504062337.QAA00221@corbin.Root.COM> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 06 Apr 95 21:16:40 BST." <Pine.3.89.9504062116.A9633-0100000@relay-europe.ps.net>
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>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. Yeah; get a Compex, SMC, or DEC PCI ethernet adapter (something with a DC21040 chip on it). This is the fastest/lowest overhead card we support. -DG
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