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SubjectRe: zero-copy TCP fileserving
On Thu, 3 Jun 1999, Bjorn Wesen wrote:
> I fully agree that a meagre 10 MByte/s (for filling a 100 MBit/s net) is
> a tiny load on a massive P2/400 with main memory bandwidths of hundreds of
> MB/s. But the issue was scalability mainly.

Exactly. Think of the case of a Linux ethernet router. Loaded with 4 or
more 100mbit NICs.

-Dan


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