A 10Gb FAQ at the Intel site states: "Can I connect two Intel 10 GbE Server Adapters back-to-back without a switch? Yes, you can connect two Intel 10 GbE Server Adapters together without a switch. However, this type of unit-to-unit connection will yield very limited performance. Maximum performance will only be achieved using many clients."
I understand that this is due to TCP/IP latency considerations, but I am wondering if anyone can give me a repesentative maximum throughput one can expect in this scenario, using an MTU of 9000 and recent multicore machines, where the workload is copying multi gigabyte files? I am due to start tuning such a setup in the next few days and it would be good to have something to aim for. Regards, Richard ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ E1000-devel mailing list E1000-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/e1000-devel
