Date: Sun, 8 Feb 2009 13:29:21 +0000 From: Freminlins <freminlins@gmail.com> To: Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> Cc: Omer Faruk Sen <omerfsen@gmail.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 10gb network interface suggestions Message-ID: <eeef1a4c0902080529y5fff4ed7sf9b336ce7a44a292@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20090207155913.M50096@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> References: <75a268720902070356v51fa601cy98889f272d724555@mail.gmail.com> <20090207155913.M50096@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl>
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2009/2/7 Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> > But also I am open to other brands. Especially If anyone has >> experience on that this matter would be very very helpful. I have seen >> that Sun has quad 10gbE adapters: >> http://www.sun.com/products/networking/ethernet/10gigethernet/index.xml >> I am not sure if FreeBSD supports that? >> > > could you please explain ANY CASE when 4*10GbE/s could be utilized. > > it's 5 GIGABYTES/s each direction. computer memory subsystem is rarely > faster > To be fair, the adaptor on the link is a dual port device (I looked with interest!), and Sun states the maximum is 16Gb/s aggregrate. A machine that is multi homed on 10G networks could use all ports. It doesn't mean it has to do 10G of traffic all the time.
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