On Wed, 28 Apr 2004, phreakfish - EMAN wrote:
> I transferred files from/to MVL to/from Windows, and here are the results: > Average transfer with MVL as FTP host: 1MB/s (8Mbps) > Average transfer with WinXP (war-ftp) as ftp host: > for get: 5MB/s (40Mbps) > for put: 10MB/s (80Mbps) > > For the NFS transfer, i copied files of various sizes from Redhat to MVL. > (Redhat is the "host"). The average transfer speed for this is 3MB/s (24Mbps). > > I need to find some documentation/anything to support my claim that this > could really transfer at 100Mbps. > I'm still searching google, but it might be easier to ask around. TIA. 100 Mbps is raw throughput. 100 Mbps typically has a actual throughput of about 20 to 80 Mbps. and may differ depending on CPU speed, quality of cables, I/O speed and network card. It may also depend on what the CPU is doing at that time. I also noted that you multiplied MB/S by 8 to get Mbps. This is not necessarily so since a packet has quite a number of overheads (headers and trailers). Furthermore, the protocol (nfs, ftp, etc) also has its own overhead and further slows it down. Summary: if you get around 50 to 80 Mbps you're ok. -- Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph . To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug . Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie
