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From: Jim Shankland <jas@flyingfox.com>
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To: dg@root.com, pst@jnx.com
Subject: Re: Router statistics
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Paul Traina <pst@jnx.com> writes:

> > dg@root.com (David Greenman) writes:
> >
> > Wcarchive does an average of 3500 pps with a peak of around
> > 5000 pps. The average data rate is around 20-25Mbps, with the
> > machine around 50% idle. This is using the Intel PCI
> > Pro/100B...reduce the idle time to about 30% if you're using a
> > DEC/de card.
> 
> Yep, the fxp driver is /much/ more efficient than the de
> driver.  Oh well, fxp's are cheaper too. :-)

(Sigh) Is this an attribute of the driver, or of the respective
chips?  I've sort of settled on 21140-based cards, and I'd hate
to buy Intel stuff, as it only encourages them to take over more
of the world than they already have.  But for some applications,
I really need high throughput and efficiency.  And the card *is*
cheaper.  Does there have to be a switch to the fxp driver in
my future?

All right, I'm done whining for now.

Jim Shankland
Flying Fox Computer Systems, Inc.