Re: [netatalk-admins] netatalk+asun benchmark (afp/tcp)


Subject: Re: [netatalk-admins] netatalk+asun benchmark (afp/tcp)
From: Nicolas MONNET (nico@idnet.fr)
Date: Wed Dec 31 1997 - 08:12:38 EST


On Tue, 30 Dec 1997, Dave Zarzycki wrote:

> server config:
>
> 200MHz PP200/512k L2
> Intel Providence MB
> 64MB EDO ECC memory
> Seagate ST34371W (4GB UltraWide)
> 3Com 3c509
> (RNS?) 4 port 10/100 DEC tulip 21140

        What OS???

[snipped]
> test software: ThruPut 1.2

        What is it?

> results: 134Mb/s

        Do you have any other thing to compare to?

> questions unanswered:
> how would a Pentium II do?
> how would a Alpha do?
> how would a Sparc do?
> how would a PowerPC do?
> would other drivers perform better?
> How would a SMP system do?

        As for any such benchmarks, the result depend of (in approximate
decreasing order of importance):

        + Ram amount (for caching)
        + Disk
        + Scsi card
        + Network card
        + Processor/cache

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