RE: Re: 24 Port RM Gigabit Switches

[Paul Gale <groups2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Are you running jumbo frames too?

Paul.



> -----Original Message-----
> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf
> Of Phil Harris
> Sent: 22 January 2009 22:01
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Re: 24 Port RM Gigabit Switches
>
> Nah ... I get much more than that between my Quad core Q6600 Windows
> Vista
> machine and my AMD X2 4000 Windows Home Server box. Copying Blu-Ray
> images
> between the two I have definitely seen averages of well in excess of
> 60Mbytes a second (confirmed by the drive throughput figures on the
WHS
> Disk
> Management GUI).
>
> Phil
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On
> Behalf
> > Of Paul Bendall
> > Sent: 22 January 2009 13:26
> > To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> > Subject: [ukha_d] Re: 24 Port RM Gigabit Switches
> >
> > Good point Craig
> >
> > I believe Gigabit tops out at 50MBps throughput and even a copy
to /
> > from local disks only achieves around 35MBps
> >
> > Paul
> >
> >
> > --- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, craig <craigc.lists@...> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > > Anyone using similar or have any comments on the
unbranded stuff
> ?
> > >
> > > I don't know you exact setup, but I would go for branded
unmanaged,
> > eg
> > > GS116, unless you need to setup VLANs etc. The netgear have
> lifetime
> > > warranty, may be useful after a thunder/lightning storm ;)
> > >
> > > Plug all the gigabit devices in the new switch, keep the old
10/100
> > for the
> > > non gigabit devices, eg printers, access point(s), etc
> > >
> > > >
> > > > Also - with CAT5 (not CAT5E) will I get speeds
something between
> > 100
> > > > and
> > > > 1000 or is it an all or nothing process?
> > > >
> > >
> > > If its terminated correctly, and installed to a reasonable
spec it
> > should
> > > negotiate at 1000Mb, however I doubt you will actually see a
> > throughput of
> > > 1000Mb on devices, due to other hardware constrains, eg PCI
bus,
> > disk speed,
> > > etc
> > >
> >
> >
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