Re: Multiple gigabit cards

[Martin Schröder <martin_(_at_)_oneiros_(_dot_)_de>]

On 2003-03-23 09:59:25 -0600, Breen Ouellette wrote:
>     Max theoretical bandwidth of gigabit ethernet = 1000Mbits/sec,
> therefore 125MBytes/sec each card.  If your four cards are hitting
> peak theoretical you will see 500MB/sec throughput, so only a
> 64bit/66MHz PCI bus will do (and you will only have 28MB/sec bandwidth
> remaining for all other PCI).

This assumes that all cards are on one bus. Modern (server)
boards put each PCI slot on a separate bus.

Best regards
    Martin
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