Linux-kernel mailing list archive 2000-06,: Re: Gigabit Linux Server Bottlenecks

# Re: Gigabit Linux Server Bottlenecks

Aaron Holtzman (aholtzma@ess4.engr.UVic.CA)
Tue, 8 Feb 2000 08:16:40 -0800

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It would seem that David Schwartz (davids@webmaster.com) said:
> You are. It really is 1 billion bits per second. It can be full or
> half-duplex. Perhaps you are thinking of the bandwidth, which is 500Mhz.
>
Bandwidth is the same as Fast Ethernet (62.5 MHz). Instead, four pairs
are used, with 2 bits per symbol == 1000 Mbps.

The gory details are on http://www.iol.unh.edu/training/ge.html

cheers,
aaron

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