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From: mkd@cbnewsj.cb.att.com (mark.k.darby)
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Subject: NIC performance benchmarking
Keywords: NIC NAU performance benchmark
Message-ID: <1991Mar22.203856.29368@cbnewsj.att.com>
Date: 22 Mar 91 20:38:56 GMT
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Is there any coordinated effort to develop a benchmark program for network
interface card performance?  I thought that some time ago some group was
going to attempt to create such a thing, but I may be mistaken.

Typically performance comparisons consist of side-by-side testing of
hardware in a given networking environment, thus overall performance
is controlled as much (if not more) by the accompanying driver/software
architecture as the underlying hardware. 

If anybody has any thoughts regarding this subject, or knows of an effort
being pursued along these lines, send me email or post to the net.

Thanks in advance,
Mark K. Darby
mkd@mtung.att.com