DocumentCode
1459172
Title
Gigabit Ethernet PCI adapter performance
Author
Loeb, Mitchell L. ; Rindos, Andrew J. ; Holland, William G. ; Woolet, Steven P.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Competitive Tech. Assesment, IBM Corp., Research Triangle Park, NC, USA
Volume
15
Issue
2
fYear
2001
Firstpage
42
Lastpage
47
Abstract
We analyze the performance of a commercially available Gigabit Ethernet adapter, using TCP/IP running on a Windows NT operating system. We show how the performance varies with number of clients, sessions per client, number of system processors, and speed of system processors. Throughout, we discuss how the Ethernet protocol, adapter hardware, operating system, and device driver interact to produce the throughput results measured, and suggest ways to improve performance
Keywords
local area networks; network operating systems; performance evaluation; peripheral interfaces; transport protocols; Ethernet protocol; Gigabit Ethernet PCI adapter; TCP/IP; Windows NT operating system; adapter hardware; device driver; operating system; peripheral component interconnect; processor speed; system processors; throughput results; Ethernet networks; File servers; Operating systems; Performance analysis; Protocols; Switches; TCPIP; Testing; Throughput; Trademarks;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Network, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0890-8044
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/65.912719
Filename
912719
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