On Thu, Apr 27, 2006 at 11:40:30PM -0700, Joel Jaeggli wrote:
1 billion bits per second is 1*10^9 bits, contrast with 2^30 bits
which bc
says is 1073741824
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gigabit
As opposed to:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gibibit
As to measuring throughput,
http://www.scl.ameslab.gov/netpipe/
is your friend.
You might also look into jumbo frames, if your switch fabric
supports it. See also
http://dcs.nac.uci.edu/~strombrg/jumbo.html
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