Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Fri, 20 Dec 2002 16:05:45 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 20 Dec 2002 16:05:45 -0500 Received: from splat.lanl.gov ([128.165.17.254]:16522 "EHLO balance.radtt.lanl.gov") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Fri, 20 Dec 2002 16:05:43 -0500 Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2002 14:13:42 -0700 From: Eric Weigle To: Jurgen Kramer Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: OT: Which Gigabit ethernet card? Message-ID: <20021220211342.GR23388@lanl.gov> References: <1040391936.973.14.camel@paragon.slim> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="dO6Thh8T/cwyDjv9" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1040391936.973.14.camel@paragon.slim> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i X-Eric-Conspiracy: There is no conspiracy X-Editor: Vim, http://www.vim.org X-GnuPG-fingerprint: 112E F8CA 12A9 771E DB10 6514 D4B0 D758 59EA 9C4F X-GnuPG-key: http://public.lanl.gov/ehw/ehw.gpg.key Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1501 Lines: 47 --dO6Thh8T/cwyDjv9 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable FWIW- We've used three types of GigE cards; old Alteon AceNIC (Tigon 2), Broadcom/Tigon 3, and the el-cheapo 32 bit Intel e1000s. The Tigon 3 gives the best performance, but the difference (600Mbps vs 750Mbps 'real-life' performance) is generally not worth the extra cost if it's only going to be serving NFS or something-- you probably won't be able to detect the differe= nce. GigE is now commodity. Check out pricewatch. (http://www.pricewatch.com/1/211/3732-1.htm) -Eric --=20 ------------------------------------------------------------ Eric H. Weigle -- http://public.lanl.gov/ehw/ "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither" -- Benjamin Franklin ------------------------------------------------------------ --dO6Thh8T/cwyDjv9 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE+A4gG1LDXWFnqnE8RAgL3AJ9NjNcnPoMJJlnL/gMyD3b74N7A4wCghzND hseyj6QaLP7cOqfhui9ywH4= =rTSI -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --dO6Thh8T/cwyDjv9-- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/