Re: Why does Mindcraft insist on 4* 100BaseTX?

Alex Belits (abelits@phobos.illtel.denver.co.us)
Sun, 9 May 1999 04:40:11 -0700 (PDT)


On Sun, 9 May 1999, Manfred Spraul wrote:

> I've read the Mindcraft Open benchmark invitation,
> and Mindcraft (ie Microsoft) require 4*100BaseTX.
>
> It that a common installation, or do you usually
> use Gigabyte ethernet?
> I know that Windows NT can bind the 4 Interrupts to
> the 4 CPU and improve the interrupt throuput,
> but has anyone performed tests with Linux and this
> hardware combination?
>
> I'm sure Microsoft did these tests before they have
> choosen the hardware.

This configuration is necessary to create high enough load with clients
that don't have gigabyte ethernet.

-- 
Alex

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