>>>>> "Paul" == Paul D Robertson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Paul> Let's say there are 400 users and 150 of the are active. Put them all on
Paul> a switched full duplex network, then take that aggragated traffic and push
Paul> it at even a 100Mb/s interface. (Remember that in a business, most
Paul> communications are internal, a school dorm probably won't have the same
Paul> pattern... unless everyone's playing Quake) You'll collide on the
Paul> internal NIC pretty heavily. I'd be worried about buffering on the
Paul> outbound side too.
Ummm... you won't have "collisions", unless your internal NIC _isn't_
full-duplex (which would be rather silly). You'll have packet queueing on
your router/switch/what-have-you. If the backlog becomes too great, you'll
start throwing packets away, in whatever pattern said device supports.
Paul> That probably says more about Raptor- assuming you've done the usual
Paul> Solaris tuning tricks. That or you're at saturation point for your
Paul> outbound link (or buffers) or you're colliding trying to get to the Sun.
Paul> U10's have a PCI bus though :(
Why the frown? PCI is faster that SBUS. That's one of many reasons Sun
switched to PCI.
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