Round 2








All transfers are a ftp get from the remote machine to the local machine of a


674377728 byte file.


All transfer are over ethernet, some go through a switch, some are a direct connect.







Both machines have a 3c59x 10/100 ethernet card







A serial console was used to collect data







The 2.4.19 kernel was compiled for a Pentium MMX







The 2.2.20 kernel is a standard debian install kernel for woody



















Switched Direct


Local Machine OS Remote Machine OS MB/Sec MB/Sec


testfish2 Linux 2.4.19 debianfish2 Linux 2.4.19 59.52 62.95


debianfish2 Linux 2.4.19 testfish2 Linux 2.4.19 44.38 44.49


debianfish2 Linux 2.2.20 testfish2 Linux 2.4.19 32.76 33.09


testfish2 Linux 2.2.20 debianfish2 Linux 2.4.19 29.37 29.08


debianfish2 Linux 2.4.19 testfish2 Linux 2.2.20 28.78 29.02


testfish2 Linux 2.4.19 debianfish2 Linux 2.2.20 26.10 25.94


debianfish2 Linux 2.2.20 testfish2 Linux 2.2.20 22.72 22.89


testfish2 Linux 2.2.20 debianfish2 Linux 2.2.20 17.78 17.77




















testfish2 Pentium MMX







333.27







128MB







Linux testfish2 2.4.19 #11 Sun Oct 6 18:23:01 CDT 2002 i586 unknown















debianfish2 Pentium II (Deschutes)







199.43







64MB







Linux debianfish2 2.4.19 #10 Sun Oct 6 16:22:45 CDT 2002 i686 unknown

































Connection Local Machine OS Remote Machine OS Time (sec) Speed MB/Sec Try A Try B
Switched testfish2 Linux 2.2.20 debianfish2 Linux 2.2.20 303.52 17.78 303.44 303.59
Switched debianfish2 Linux 2.2.20 testfish2 Linux 2.2.20 237.48 22.72 237.74 237.22
Switched testfish2 Linux 2.4.19 debianfish2 Linux 2.4.19 90.65 59.52 91.92 89.37
Switched debianfish2 Linux 2.4.19 testfish2 Linux 2.4.19 121.57 44.38 121.76 121.38
Switched testfish2 Linux 2.2.20 debianfish2 Linux 2.4.19 183.69 29.37 183.64 183.73
Switched debianfish2 Linux 2.4.19 testfish2 Linux 2.2.20 187.46 28.78 187.03 187.89
Switched testfish2 Linux 2.4.19 debianfish2 Linux 2.2.20 206.69 26.10 207.14 206.24
Switched debianfish2 Linux 2.2.20 testfish2 Linux 2.4.19 164.69 32.76 164.82 164.55
Direct testfish2 Linux 2.2.20 debianfish2 Linux 2.2.20 303.67 17.77 303.17 304.17
Direct debianfish2 Linux 2.2.20 testfish2 Linux 2.2.20 235.65 22.89 235.53 235.77
Direct testfish2 Linux 2.4.19 debianfish2 Linux 2.4.19 85.7 62.95 87.83 83.57
Direct debianfish2 Linux 2.4.19 testfish2 Linux 2.4.19 121.26 44.49 121.68 120.83
Direct testfish2 Linux 2.2.20 debianfish2 Linux 2.4.19 185.55 29.08 185.26 185.84
Direct debianfish2 Linux 2.4.19 testfish2 Linux 2.2.20 185.9 29.02 185.21 186.58
Direct testfish2 Linux 2.4.19 debianfish2 Linux 2.2.20 207.97 25.94 207.06 208.88
Direct debianfish2 Linux 2.2.20 testfish2 Linux 2.4.19 163.03 33.09 162.97 163.09



























Linux debianfish2 2.4.19 #10 Sun Oct 6 16:22:45 CDT 2002 i686 unknown







debianfish2:~/save# time cp BARNES.iso /tmp







real 3m14.969s






user 0m0.290s






sys 0m16.050s
























Linux testfish2 2.4.19 #11 Sun Oct 6 18:23:01 CDT 2002 i586 unknown







testfish2:~# time cp BARNES.iso /tmp







real 3m2.173s






user 0m0.290s






sys 0m28.800s
























Linux debianfish2 2.2.20 #1 Sun Nov 4 15:44:23 EST 2001 i686 unknown







debianfish2:~# time cp BARNES.iso /tmp







real 5m15.255s






user 0m3.530s






sys 2m26.160s















Linux testfish2 2.2.20 #1 Sun Nov 4 15:44:23 EST 2001 i586 unknown







testfish2:~# time cp BARNES.iso /tmp







real 4m22.564s






user 0m1.340s






sys 2m11.090s