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From: Jin Guojun (DSD staff) <jin@george.lbl.gov>
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To: Ronald.vanderPol@surfnet.nl, freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: 1000Base-SX card recommendation?
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> Which 1000Base-SX PCI card can you recommend for highest throughput?

If you potentially use jumbo frame, all 1000Base-SX PCI card can have
similar throughput (to maximum speed).
But, NetGear is almost a half price of the SysKonnect.

For standard 1500 MTU, SysKonnect can go 900Mbps, and NetGear goes about
650Mbps. Remember that a 64-bit PCI slot is required.
On 32-bit PCI system, SysKonnect can have 600Mbps throughput if the memory
bandwidth is at least 200 MBps, and NetGear goes probably the maximum at
340Mbps regardless the maximum memory bandwidth (of couse, the minimum
memory bandwidth must be at least 100 MBps).

<Notice that Mbps v.s. MBps.>

	-Jin


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