Re: networking - Scalable I/O on Linux

["Nicolas Sahlqvist" <nicco77@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 10/15/07, ann kok <annkok2001@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi all
>
> I am looking for the ethernet card for linux. In the
> intel website
> 1/ I don't know what is the meaning of Scalable I/O on
> Linux.
>
>
> 2/ ls the big different between desktop and server
> card?
>
> Thank you
>
> http://www.intel.com/network/connectivity/products/pro1000pt_quad_server_adapter.htm
>
>
> Load balancing on multiple CPUs         Increases
> performance on multi-processor systems by efficiently
> balancing network loads across CPU cores when used
> with Receive-Side Scaling from Microsoft or Scalable
> I/O on Linux*

Ann,

Depends on what you are going to use your Linux box for, home box it's
not that critical. On a large scale environment that network card
would be more interesting since it can scale I/O interrupts in a way
that require less work for the CPU in high traffic environments
compared to a conventional network card etc. It is indeed a huge
difference between desktop and server hardware as you will also notice
on the price tag.. ;)


/ Nicolas
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