Re: FTP benchmark proposal

Greg Lindahl (lindahl@cs.virginia.edu)
Mon, 28 Jun 1999 10:26:52 -0400 (EDT)

> If you run benchmark tests with GB Ethernet you loose any right to
> complain about unrealistic benchmarks that others might create. A
> machine with 4 x 100MB Ethernet cards is a common real world
> configuration - often more for redundancy than actual
> throughput. How many people have GB Ethernet installed, or will do
> so in the next 12 months?

1) If you have the test set up, then you can run whatever server you
like. So this is a silly argument: do both.

2) Have you ever priced 400 mbits of bandwidth to the Internet? It's
so expensive that you bet you can afford a GB ethernet card.

> Lets get real here

-- g

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