Now I have network envy! I am feeling inadequate. :) I guess I have some more XMAS ideas! :) I have about 7+ computers in my house and 2 network printers. I currently have a 24 port 10/100BaseT switch. A 5 port 100/1000BaseT switch would be enough to make me happy. I would connect up to 4 computers to Gigabit, and connect the Gigabit switch to the 100BaseT switch. Sweet! I guess I better get a full time job! Guy -----Original Message----- From: linux-raid-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:linux-raid-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of David Greaves Sent: Friday, December 03, 2004 11:33 AM To: Erik Mouw Cc: TJ; linux-raid@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Looking for the cause of poor I/O performance I paid about £50 for a 5port gig switch I have 3 e1000 cards (about £30 each) - they're relegated to doorstops I'm afraid :( Despite months of trying they just won't work with my consumer VIA/AMD systems (and Ganesh and gang have tried) I'm now using even cheaper Marvell based SMC EZ1000s (£20ish) - I doubt I'll get close to the throughput the e1000s could achieve - but I get 3 times more then fast ethernet (and about 10 times more than e1000s) which is worthwhile. David Erik Mouw wrote: >On Fri, Dec 03, 2004 at 06:30:51AM -0500, TJ wrote: > > >>I'm cheap. I use a crossover so I didn't have to spring for the switch. The >>NICs are Intel 82540EM's. I got them for around $55 per. I didn't think that >>was too bad for gigabit. Of course, these controllers may be complete trash, >>I dunno. >> >> > >You won't do any better than fast ethernet when you're using a >crossover cable. Gigabit ethernet doesn't need crossover cables for >direct connections, it uses all four wire pairs in cat5 cable and will >automatically figure out if there's a direct connection and do the >right thing (all mandatory by the gigE standard, so every NIC will >support it). If you use a fast ethernet cross cable, the NICs will >autonegotiate to 100 MB/s full-duplex. > >The Intel gigE NICs are very good: good hardware, good driver, good >support. Gigabit ethernet switches are becoming rather cheap: 200 EUR >buys you an 8 port switch. > > >Erik > > > - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
