RE: [e-smith-devinfo] Intel ANS (was RE: e100-2.1.15-sme55.i386.rpm available)

2002-10-09 Thread Craig Foster
leave 2) People can read more about iANS at http://support.intel.com/support/network/adapter/1000/linux/ans.htm -Original Message- From: Darrell May [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, October 09, 2002 1:04 PM To: e-smith-devinfo Subject: Re: [e-smith-devinfo] Intel ANS (was RE

RE: [e-smith-devinfo] Intel ANS (was RE: e100-2.1.15-sme55.i386.rpm available)

2002-10-09 Thread Nick Ramsay
On 9 Oct 2002 at 16:48, Craig Foster [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Speed is also becoming an issue now with Adaptec 2400A IDE RAID becoming a very inexpensive way to speed up drive access. Many of my design client regularly deal with 50MB+ files, and three or four active designers will saturate

Re: [e-smith-devinfo] Intel ANS (was RE: e100-2.1.15-sme55.i386.rpm available)

2002-10-08 Thread Darrell May
Charlie Brady [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: What differences are visible or measurable in the SME server performance with the ANS capable driver installed? Craig, I'm very interested in your testing and reports as well. I know you just received the driver I built, so when you do get time to test,

Re: [e-smith-devinfo] Intel ANS (was RE: e100-2.1.15-sme55.i386.rpm available)

2002-10-08 Thread Darrell May
Charlie Brady [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: Can you speculate as to why RedHat don't believe that these issues matter? Charlie, are you aware of the advanced capabilities the current Intel nics may provide if configured and implemented correctly. Overview is below:

Re: [e-smith-devinfo] Intel ANS (was RE: e100-2.1.15-sme55.i386.rpm available)

2002-10-08 Thread Nick Ramsay
On 8 Oct 2002 at 15:02, Charlie Brady [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, 8 Oct 2002, Charlie Brady wrote: On Wed, 9 Oct 2002, Craig Foster wrote: The main reason for e100 besides new chipset compatibility, is support for Intel Advanced Networking Services (iANS) for Load Balancing,

Re: [e-smith-devinfo] Intel ANS (was RE: e100-2.1.15-sme55.i386.rpm available)

2002-10-08 Thread Darrell May
Charlie Brady [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: So there is potential high-end performance benefit, but only on really top-end hardware. Actually it is very affordable Charlie: Intel PRO/100 S Dual Server Adapter $295.00/CAD, $185.00/USD. For anyone following along this thread, I've now built what I