Re: Tuning Gigabit

From: Eric Anderson (anderson_at_centtech.com)
Date: 07/03/03

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    Date: Thu, 03 Jul 2003 09:35:38 -0500
To: David Gilbert <dgilbert@velocet.ca>

    David Gilbert wrote:
    >>>>>>"Eric" == Eric Anderson <anderson@centtech.com> writes:
    >>>>>
    >
    > Eric> Martin Nilsson wrote:
    >
    >>> I would be interested in helping to test this, I have a bunch of
    >>>lab boxes with 64/66PCI or PCI-X slots and NICs to work with. I'm
    >>>able to get access to most new motherboards and chipsets to test
    >>>chipset specific performance. What I need is someone to help me
    >>>develop useful things to test, validate results and to check
    >>>testing methodology.
    >>
    >
    > Eric> I'm interested in helping with this too.. I have access to
    > Eric> hundreds of boards, test equipment, processors, nics, you name
    > Eric> it. I just need to be led in the right direction with this.
    >
    > Eric> Anyone want to lead some minions in finding out some of this
    > Eric> info?
    >
    > We have a fairly well developed testing methodogy here ... with a
    > couple of people I can lend to the task. To be useful, they'll need
    > both root and console access to boxes (serial cross connects are fine)
    > ... along with somone who can play with BIOS settings on request.
    > We'd be very willing to donate the hands and eyes to do much of the
    > volume testing.
    >
    > ... our only problem is buying enough new hardware.

    What would be a good initial start hardware-wise?

    Eric 

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