RE: The ultimate TOE design

[Leonid Grossman]

> > 
> > It's a bit painful to setup, but in general with 9k jumbos 
> and TSO we 
> > were able to get close to pci-x 133 limit - both in LAN and 
> WAN tests.
> > Leonid
> 
> Cool, but a very specific environment, no? ;)

Define specific environment :-). We are running common tcp benchmarks like
nttcp or iperf or Chariot or filesystem applications on a very generic white
boxes, with generic OS/settings.

> 
> What concerns me about all this is that it seems so very 
> host-centric design. Wouldn't it be nice if we had a little 
> bit more network-centric worldview when designing network 
> infrastructure?
> 
> It isn't just a matter of how had we can push stuff out, it 
> also matters how much the network can take.
> Blasting tens of gigs into the ether seems all very exciting 
> sexy and cool, but suited for dedicated links or network 
> attached storage channels, not general-purpose networking on 
> the Internet or intra-nets.

This is somewhat different from IB or FC "miniature networks", 
some/most of 10GbE testing runs in existing datacenters or over 
existing long-haul links - see for example
http://sravot.home.cern.ch/sravot/Networking/10GbE/LSR_041504.htm

Cheers, Leonid

> 
> And if that is the case, we're talking about a much smaller 
> market (but perhaps a more profitable one ;))...
> 
> thanks,
> Nivedita
> 
> 
> 

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