We have some IBM x86 8500 servers running win2k. 8 cpu, 2 Fibercards. I have a box here with some more fiber cards and cable...
Lemme see what I get time for later this week.. -- Ulf > -----Original Message----- > From: Richard Sharpe [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, July 22, 2002 2:56 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: How to *use* multiple GigE adapters into a single PC > > > Hi, > > On Friday I managed to get a single PC to suck down something > like 117MB/s > from a NetApp F840 using cifs-load-gen. > > The only PC-like platforms that I can think of that would be able to > [ab]use all the bandwidth available in two or more GigE > adapters would be > things like the AMD 760MPX-based mobos or some Intel mobos > with multiple > 64-bit 66MHz PCI slots. Can anyone point to any others? > > I know that Intel provide dual GigE channels on one card, so > this would be > a way to put four into one PC, but I am not sure you would have much > memory bandwidth left over. > > I want to find a way to test the multi=interface stuff I want > to put into > cifs-load-gen and find where its limits are from a > load-generation point > of view. > > Regards > ----- > Richard Sharpe, [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >
