Re: [Veritas-bu] 10GB network + perf questions etc
2007-08-26 19:29:45
>If it's the card I'm thinking about the TCP checksum is already offload
>to hardware. In fact most gigaswift cards support this today with 1
Gbit
>technology.
Offloading the checksum is not the same as a full TCP offload. A "true"
TOE card offloads ALL TCP processing, not just the checksum.
>I think a great deal of tuning would be required to achieve anywhere
>near 10 GB w/ a single TCP stream.
I think you can tune your heart out and you'll never get anywhere close.
Maybe it's possible with a TOE card, but I haven't heard from anyone
yet.
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