Sometimes it's not the speed it's the cost.. The best I've ever done is 5.5 interfaces per u/ Although with a better motherboard and case it might have been different.
http://innerfire.net/pics/projects/21portfirewall_2.jpg (assigns each port it's ip range and blocks any address not assigned to that port) On Thu, 12 Apr 2007, Roland Dreier wrote: > Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2007 08:34:40 -0700 > From: Roland Dreier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Benny Amorsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [PATCH] Stop pmac_zilog from abusing 8250's device numbers. > > > Indeed, port density is disappointingly poor in modern servers. Do you > > know any with more than 14 ports per U? (That's an MBX 1U server with > > 8 on-board and a 6-port expansion). > > If you really need a ton of ports you could probably build a 1U server > with 2 * 2-port 10gig NICs, and use VLAN-capable switches with 10gig > and 1gig ports to fan out each 10gig link from your server to 10 1-gig > ports. That would get you 40 ports of 1-gig from each server (plus > whatever the server has on board). > > - R. > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ > -- Gerhard Mack [EMAIL PROTECTED] <>< As a computer I find your faith in technology amusing. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
