Date: Sat, 19 Jun 1999 22:35:19 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> To: "Brian's Mail" <bellefso@execpc.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Performance Tuning Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9906192232250.55539-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <NCBBLDHPCJFJEDOEPEBFGEDFCNAA.bellefso@execpc.com>
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On Sat, 19 Jun 1999, Brian's Mail wrote: > I would like to find some tips/info on tuning a server for web and ftp > performance. I currently have a machine with a PII 300, 256 MB RAM, a > Netgear FA310TX network card and an adaptec 2940 UW controller. I can only > get about 2500 K/sec over a 100 MB network. The machine is connected to a > Linksys 10/100 rackmount hub. I think that I should be able to do better > than this without a problem. If there are any links or other information I > would be extremely grateful. I don't know what the other guy has against Netgear cards (they're rev C3 Digitals, right?), but that LinkSys hub is killing you. Beyond being half-duplex, LinkSys equipment is sub-par performance-wise. Swap the hub with a Ethernet switch (like the HP ProCurve series) and watch the throughput fly. Doug White Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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