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From: neruda@altair.cis.ohio-state.edu (Steve Neruda)
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Subject: 4D using ethernet (how much faster is it?)
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Date: 25 Aug 88 15:43:28 GMT
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Does anyone know what kind of speed increases for a 4th Dimension
database (+150000 records)using Tops by using ethernet instead of appletalk?
I had talked with a developer in Michigan who said he was getting around
a 5X increase which to me makes sense with ethernet being around
40X faster than appletalk.  On the other hand I read in Macworld something
about only a 30-40% increase with a small network.

Does anyone have the strait scoop (experience is welcome)?  

			steven neruda (neruda@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu)

sorry, no cute saying today.