Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2006 09:39:24 +0900 From: Pyun YongHyeon <pyunyh@gmail.com> To: OxY <oxy@field.hu> Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: problem with Marwell gigabit performance Message-ID: <20060316003924.GB56829@cdnetworks.co.kr> In-Reply-To: <000401c64873$0f4273d0$0201a8c0@oxy> References: <000a01c64848$41d6f710$0201a8c0@oxy> <000401c64873$0f4273d0$0201a8c0@oxy>
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On Wed, Mar 15, 2006 at 09:57:23PM +0100, OxY wrote: > after further testing and transferred for a couple hours i realized that > the performance is ok, not changed dramatically > (the server was slow when i measured 9mb/s..) > but the load! > when i used ftp before the load increased to ~2.0, but > now it's 4.5! changed back to the original driver and got 2.0 again.. > would you guys give me an advice what to buy? 3com or intel? > (i heard em(4) driver is not too good..) > thx! > I think you may not get correct test result when other system activity such as disk I/Os is in progress. Just stick to check pure network performance. For ftp, you can request "/dev/zero" from ftp server and save it as "/dev/null" on client in order to avoid disk I/Os. Also check the following URL. http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/developers-handbook/testing.html -- Regards, Pyun YongHyeon
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