From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jun 2 15:59:30 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7CF6516A469 for ; Sat, 2 Jun 2007 15:59:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from chris@vindaloo.com) Received: from corellia.vindaloo.com (corellia.vindaloo.com [64.51.148.100]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B19CC13C469 for ; Sat, 2 Jun 2007 15:59:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from chris@vindaloo.com) Received: from [172.24.145.69] (endor.vindaloo.com [172.24.145.69]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by corellia.vindaloo.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0C83A5CB7; Sat, 2 Jun 2007 11:59:27 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <466193DE.4090403@vindaloo.com> Date: Sat, 02 Jun 2007 11:59:26 -0400 From: Christopher Hilton User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.12 (Macintosh/20070509) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: chloe K References: <759428.83918.qm@web57403.mail.re1.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <759428.83918.qm@web57403.mail.re1.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: User Questions Subject: Re: 10/100/1000 Ethernet hardware recommendation X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 02 Jun 2007 15:59:30 -0000 chloe K wrote: > intel desktop GigE (32 bits) around 380M > intel server GigE (64 bits) around 800M - 900M > > While this may seem obvious I'm gonna ask it anyway. I'm being pedantic here and assuming: The performance numbers are best case MBytes per second; That the 64bit card is in a 64bit slot; That the 64bit card in a 32bit slot would give similar performance to the 32 bit card. A little information about my situation is probably in order. I have a DMZ with FreeBSD box acting as a NAS (samba/dav/nfs fileshare); a postgresql database server; a mysql database server; and an apache webserver; and a postfix mail server. All of these machines are older Pentium III 1GHz single or dual CPU class machines. It's more than enough performance for the bulk of my clients which are bottlenecked by their connection over the internet. I'd like to go to Gig E to improve performance for a hand full of clients on the local LAN and to move critical data out of the DMZ. Eventually I plan to replace the current generation of servers with something more modern like HP DL360 G5 and DL380 G5 hardware. Based on that, if my assumptions are correct then the 64bit Intel Hardware seems to be the way to go. -- Chris -- __o "All I was doing was trying to get home from work." _`\<,_ -Rosa Parks ___(*)/_(*)___________________________________________________________ Christopher Sean Hilton pgp key: D0957A2D/f5 30 0a e1 55 76 9b 1f 47 0b 07 e9 75 0e 14