if the giga bit is on the pci-x bus in the nodes go for giga bit by
using the right polling and other things you can expect around 960
Mbit/s (done it on linux) if the network interfaces is on a 32bit 33Mhz
bus you can expect 640 Mbit/s.
Go with the giga bit because in the long run lesser problems!
best
eske
On Wed, 2004-07-28 at 16:05, Janos wrote:
> Hi,
>
> If I could invest into a Workgroup Cluster from Apple, my first dilemma
> would be what interconnection to use. Should I connect all the nodes
> to a Gbit Ethernet switch using the 2 built in Gbit interface or use
> the the two 800 Mbit/s Firewire connection to daisy chain them or to
> connect them to a Firewire Hub ? The cluster would have minimum 12
> nodes and do mostly bio-informatics related number crunching and
> statistical computation.
>
> Is there any test "out there" which details the pros and cons of both
> connection type?
>
> Thanks ahead,
>
> Janos
> -----------------------------------------------------
> So, while openness provides a couple of security advantages in itself,
> the chief reason why Linux and BSD offer superior security is not so
> much because they're open source, but because they're not Windows.
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/55/36029.html
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