In comp.os.linux.networking Rahul
wrote:
> I found this quote in the newsgroup while I was reading up on ethernet
> bonding:
> "Most of the servers I am familar with two ethernet ports are designed
> to have one used as a backup, as they are both connected to the same
> bus. None of them had sufficent bus bandwith to actually drive two
> gigabit ethernets anywhere near full capacity. Indeed, depending on
> what else was on the bus the performance may be less than one gigabit
> interface. " (Frank Stutzman )
Someone else has already pointed-out the lspci stuff so instead I'll
say:
At one point that assertion was probably true, however I suspect that
if that assertion has not already aged beyond accuracy for some
definition of "current hardware," it will shortly. Virtually every
dual-port GbE interface with which I am familiar has a bus interface
capable of driving both ports simultaneously at or near to capacity.
Then, perhaps I live in a different context from Frank Stutzman.
rick jones
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