Oh!.. Priscilla no!...this is a pool problem.. I dont want to go back to primary school days!... :)
no thanks (for the book) Mustafa -----Original Message----- From: Priscilla Oppenheimer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2003 7:56 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: is 10baseT dead? [7:65263] It's been a long day. Priscilla Priscilla Oppenheimer wrote: > > > DeVoe, Charles (PKI) wrote: > > > > > > What about htis. > > > The server tries to dump data to the client > > > over the 10M > > > pipe. The client cannot accept it as fast as the server can > > > put out. > > > Having a slower line to the client in effect will cause > > > degradation at the > > > server. > > I have a better answer and question than my previous wisecrack. > :-) I also bumped the conversation to the top of the Web site. > > Answer: The problem won't be the client not keeping up. The > problem will occur at a store-and-forward switch between the > server and client. (To connect 100-Mbps to 10-Mbps requires a > store-and-forward device. Let's say it's a switch.) > > So, the engineering question becomes, at what point will this > mythical store-and-forward switch start dropping packets? > > Here's a hypothetical scenario: > > The server has a 100-Mbps NIC. It is connected to the switch. > The client has a 10-Mbps NIC. It is also connected to the > switch. > > The switch has 1000 buffers. Each buffer holds a 100-byte > packet. > > The server is sending 100,000 packets per second as fast as it > can (i.e. with no significant gap between the packets). Each > packet is 100 bytes. > > The switch is sending the packets out the 10-Mbps port as fast > as it can. > > After how many packets sent by the server will the switch start > dropping packets? > > A free book to anyone who gets the right answer! You must show > your work. :-) > > Priscilla > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Steven Aiello [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2003 11:02 AM > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Subject: Re: is 10baseT dead? [7:65077] > > > > > > > > > Scott, > > > > > > I think you have a great point, it seems that most of the > > > computer > > > technologies we have today are not taken full advantage of. > > > However > > > instead of taking the air out the sale's staff sales as it > > were > > > ( no pun > > > intended ). Why not suggest upgrade from the Idf's to the > > > server farm. > > > You could suggest Ether Channel to combine some of the > runs > > > you have > > > put in ( I'm sure ) when you are upgrading your networks. > > This > > > way you > > > have more bandwidth to the server farm and fault tolerance. > > WOW > > > now > > > that's a selling point. Also it can be done with out > raising > > > up the > > > costs on hardware to much. You can get duel interface NIC's > > > for your > > > servers that are fairly reasonable now. I am amazed at the > > > push for > > > processor speed now, I can think if very few people that > NEED > > > 3Ghz with > > > 2Gb of RAM. However no one NEEDS a Jaguar eigther, some > > people > > > just > > > want it and if they can afford it so be it. Look at the > > > situation this > > > way at least if your going for over kill the network will > > > perform well, > > > that is better than underselling and then having your > clients > > > be upset > > > because they are limited in the future. > > > > > > But hay that's just my 2 cents. Take it with a grain of > salt. > > > > > > = ) > > > > > > Steven Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=65274&t=65263 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
