[olug] Network Performance

[Sean Edwards]

Try the 10/100BaseT Cyclotron with some Opto-Cables,
from Cavebear:

http://www.cavebear.com/cavebear/catalogue/cyclotron.html
http://www.cavebear.com/cavebear/catalogue/opto-cables.html

-=Sean Edwards=-
cybersean3000 at yahoo.com

--- Mike Peterson
<mpeterson at mail.charlesfurniture.com> wrote:
> Which is a faster server FTP or HTTP?
> 
> Can a 10 MB Network ever run at 10 MB or is 6-7 MB
> fantastic?
> 
> I am trying to speed up deployment of Fedora over
> network installs.
> At present I am using Fedora and Apache as the
> Server side and the install
> takes over 1.5 hours.
> The system are P4 and have gigabit cards but the
> switches are limited to 10
> MB so the NIC only boots at 10 MB.
> Would an anonymous FTP install be faster or is
> Apache the faster of the 2?
> 
> With doing an HTTP install the server system is
> idling and the network
> throughput as per iptraf reaches close to 7000
> k/sec.
> I adjusted the httpd.conf to try to get the best
> performance.
> I shutdown any non-essential services.
> Maybe I just need to hope for 100 MB switches in the
> future.
> Just looking for fastest speed possible with current
> and future hardware.
> 
> 
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