[Sunhelp] 100Mhz needed for each port in use

[Reagen Ward]

I wonder how that guy sold qfe cards back before these fast CPUs were avail.
CPU clock speed has little to do with the system's I/O capacity.

Reagen

On Thu, Oct 12, 2000 at 04:11:03PM -0500, Glover, Duke wrote:
> Hello SUN gods,
> 
> I was told by a SUN rep that you needed 100Mhz worth of processor for each
> Ethernet port in use on a qfe card.  In other words, if you wanted to use
> all 4 Ethernet ports you needed to have 400Mhz worth of processor.  I have
> been unable to find any documentation supporting this.  Has anyone ever
> heard this before ?  Or can anyone point me to some documentation that might
> discuss this.  Is anyone out there running a system using all 4 ports with
> less than 400Mhz ?
> 
> AtDhVaAnNkCsE,
> 
> Duke Glover
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