From: Mike '/m' 

On Sat, 21 May 2005 00:15:11 GMT, John Beckett
 wrote:

>I can't see how an app could meaningfully do anything with the data
>arriving from a flat-out gigabit network

You probably want to be sure that the networking core of an OS can sustain
gigabit speeds first.  Then start worrying about the app.

Additionally, you may also want to double-check that your networking
infrastructure can properly handle gigabit speeds.  By "properly
handle" I mean handle jumbo ethernet frames.  If you don't use jumbo
frames, you lose a lot of benefit of gigabit speeds.

When I was looking at switches for my home gigabit LAN a year ago, the only
switch for SOHO* use that could pass thru jumbo frames was a SMC switch.

 /m


* SOHO = inexpensive, but not plastic

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