> Applied to "all Linux servers", 20 Mbps is not even a > plausible "rule of > thumb". I routinely see 60 Mbps on big (multi-gigabyte) LAN-to-LAN > transfers (ftp, scp, and samba) between pairs of Linux > servers (equipment > varies, but typically either a 1 GHz P3 or a 1.7 GHz Celeron, usually > cheap, "flavor-of-the-week" tulip NICs).
The 'rule of thumb' algorithm I was using is 5 megahertz = 1 megabit/sec. Of course, once you top ~60-80mbps you start talking about interrupts and 64-bit slots and such. Let's not really get into firewall rules. Or what happens to iptables when there are too many rules :) > a T-1 has a top speed of 1.544 Mbps, making it hard > for me to > understand how a connection over it could test the throughput > limit of a 10 Mbps NIC, let alone a 100 Mbps NIC. I was testing if a 100mhz machine could handle a T1 with 3DES encryption. It could, even with "compress=yes" set :). Unencrypted it got around 20mbps over the LAN. Sorry for not being more specific. Cheers, P ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: Oracle 10g Get certified on the hottest thing ever to hit the market... Oracle 10g. Take an Oracle 10g class now, and we'll give you the exam FREE. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=3149&alloc_id=8166&op=click ------------------------------------------------------------------------ leaf-user mailing list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user SR FAQ: http://leaf-project.org/pub/doc/docmanager/docid_1891.html
