On Thu, 3 May 2001, Austad, Jay wrote: > Version 2.4.3. I just tested 2.4.4, and I have the same problem. > > > 11 Mb/s is ok for 100 Mbit network, if you account for: > > - network overhead > > - kernel overhead > > - disk overhead > > When I switch back to kernel 2.2, I can get around 80Mbit/sec to hosts on > the same switch. I'm going to have to install too many boxes if I can only > get 11Mbit/sec out of them. I have 5 boxes running kernel 2.2 that serve > out around 100 million images a day combined. I'm not using 2.4 in > production anymore because of random box crashes, and network performance > issues. But, I'd like to be able to use it, especially for when Apache 2.0 > is released. And all of the latest distros are shipping with it also. I was thinking 11 Mb as in 11 Mbytes vs 11 Mbit as in 11 M bits... oh... the right way is MB vs Mb... sorry for the confusion florin PS: In a press conference today Scott McNeally declared: "Hmmm... The network is the network, the computer is the computer; sorry for the confusion".