CPU speed vs. Network speed?

[Harry Mueller]

Greetings,

I just got off the telephone with a client who was asking me 
to upgrade their backup system. They are currently using retrospect 
4.3 on a Mac IIsi via 10BT on a switched 10/100 ethernet (client 10, 
servers 100)to their DDS3 tape drive. It seems that the IIsi is dying 
rather quickly and they want to change the backup computer to an old 
6100 they have lying around.

The big question:

What would give better performance, a G3 upgrade to the 6100 or a 100 
base T card. I can only do one since the 6100 only has one slot.

Comments?

Regards,
   Harry


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Re: cobalt

[Harry Mueller]

At 7:27 AM +1300 3/8/00, Owen Watson wrote:

I asked our ISP about them, and he said he'd tested them and didn't 
do very well under load. I think he used a load of the thin Sun 
rackmounts in the end.

Generally you are looking at configuration or network traffic 
problems when they perform poorly. I'm willing to accept that there 
are better rack mounted web servers out there. However, as a network 
storage I have found that the NASRaQ can't be beat.

--Harry
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MaxSolutions, LLC
708 Little City Road
Higganum, CT 06441-4246
USA

860-345-9986
860-345-9136 (fax)

http://www.maxsolns.com


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