From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: TJ Subject: RE: Looking for the cause of poor I/O performance Date: Fri, 3 Dec 2004 06:30:51 -0500 Message-ID: <200412030630.51004.systemloc@earthlink.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline Sender: linux-raid-owner@vger.kernel.org To: linux-raid@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-raid.ids >Gigabit! Lucky :) > >I want a Gigabit switch for Christmas! And a few PCI cards too! > >Of course, with Gigabit, I would want/need a better Linux system too! With >PCI-express and ... I better wake up and go to bed! :) Bwahahaha! I'm cheap. I use a crossover so I didn't have to spring for the switch. The NICs are Intel 82540EM's. I got them for around $55 per. I didn't think that was too bad for gigabit. Of course, these controllers may be complete trash, I dunno. TJ Harrell