On Tue, 26 Jun 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> On Wed, 27 Jun 2001, Glenn A. Thompson wrote:
>
> > Hey:
> >
> > Anyone have any links on how LRP performs on specific platforms?
> > I picked up a couple remanufactured HP vectras 166 pentiums for $69. I
> > wanted to try to use them for portforwarding specific application
> > connections. Like say aconnection to an internal Oracle DB. Can something
> > like this sustain 100Mb speeds?
>
> Search the archives of linux-router at Geocrawler... there were a few
> attempts to quantify these things. If my (sometimes faulty) memory serves
> me well, then achieving 100Mb speeds would be on the challenging side of
> life, even assuming you do have PCI and good-quality bus-mastering NICs.
>
x86 hardware will limit you, but your first question should be if the
DB and client app could really produce 100 Mbps.
--
Jack Coates
Monkeynoodle: It's what's for dinner!
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