From owner-freebsd-hardware Thu Jan 30 9:45:25 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D3EF537B401 for ; Thu, 30 Jan 2003 09:45:24 -0800 (PST) Received: from empire.explosive.mail.net (empire.explosive.mail.net [205.205.25.120]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id DF05B43E4A for ; Thu, 30 Jan 2003 09:45:23 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mykroft@explosive.mail.net) Received: (qmail 30776 invoked from network); 30 Jan 2003 17:43:25 -0000 Received: from ticking.explosive.mail.net (205.205.25.116) by empire.explosive.mail.net with SMTP; 30 Jan 2003 17:43:25 -0000 Subject: Re: GigE vs. 100BaseTX ? From: Mykroft Holmes IV To: joe mcguckin Cc: hardware@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.0.8 (1.0.8-10) Date: 30 Jan 2003 12:45:35 -0500 Message-Id: <1043948735.14589.2.camel@ticking.explosive.mail.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Thu, 2003-01-30 at 12:20, joe mcguckin wrote: > We have a machine (network backup server) that hits 85Mbits/sec on it > ethernet. Would upgrading to a GigE interface improve performance very much? > Does the Intel GigE card perform checksum generation? > Well, that depends on whether or not it's trying to do more. If it is hitting a wall at 85MB/s, then you will likely get more performance from GigE, if it's just peaking, you won't. > We're using 4.7. Is the Intel GigE NIC supported in this version of FreeBSD? > I believe so. Adam To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message