[21037] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Xedia vs Packeteer Comparsion
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (matthew zeier)
Mon Nov 2 15:32:59 1998
Date: Fri, 30 Oct 1998 22:46:30 -0600
From: matthew zeier <matthew@thirdcoast.net>
To: Christofer Hoff <hoff@nodewarrior.net>
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <19981030213401.AAA16798@icarus.nodewarrior.net@beeblebrox>; from Christofer Hoff on Fri, Oct 30, 1998 at 01:35:02PM -0800
On Fri, Oct 30, 1998 at 01:35:02PM -0800, Christofer Hoff wrote:
> Matthew:
>
> What version of code are you running in your 4000 -- I see no such latency
> issues nor packet drop and we regularly push 20+ Mb through our boxes...
> sits between a Cisco 75xx and Catalyst 5000 Switch.
PacketShaper v3.1.3g14 1998-09-15.
> Are you using the same cable/cables when you place the packetshaper
> in the network vs. when it is out? Also, have you looked at the CLI for
> the NIC stats?
Yeah, same cables.
I believe the issues was in the number of sessions the box was handling,
not the amount of bandwidth. I believe we were looking at "mib tcp" -
some of the values we were seeing were nearing the limits of the box.
One of the websites that we host, but don't shape, typically gets
200-300 hits per second during peak. Which, of course, has a direct
impact on bandwidth.
The technical explaination that made the most sense to me was the
increase in hits per second meant an increase is hosts the p4k was
managing.
I can track down my emails and talk to you offline about this, if you're
interested.
- mz
--
matthew zeier - "Chance is irrelevant - we will succeed." - 7 of 9