- Pentium Pro 200Mhz 512K Cache
- Pentium II 300+Mhz
- Intel Providence PR440FX (PPro).
- Supermicro P6DLE (PII).
- BusLogic MultiMaster W (BT-958) SCSI adapter.
- Quantum Viking 2.3 UW SCSI-3 drive.
- Available Gigabit Ethernet hardware.
- Gigabit Ethernet on Linux.
- Projected cost of ownership.
- Alternative to Gigabit Ethernet - Myrinet (Linux drivers are available).
- Summary of the properties of many of the alternative networks.
The data is outdated for some interfacesNetwork Type Prog.
ModelAvailable? Linux? $/Node $/Port Port $/Hub Max.
PEsBandwidth
(Mbits/s)Latency
(µs)n-PE
O( )HiPPI Product $3,500 $1,500 EISA,
PCI$30,000 16/hub 1,600.0 log n CAPERS Library Public Yes $2 $2 SPP 2 1.2 3 Serial HiPPI Product $4,500 $2,500 PCI $30,000 16/hub 1,200.0 log n SCI 1,000.0 FC 1,062.0 Myrinet Library Product Yes $1,800 $1,300 PCI $2,000 8/hub 1,280.0 > 9 log n ParaStation HAL Product Yes $2,000 $2,000 PCI > 100 125.0 2 sqrt n SHRIMP Research Yes EISA ? ? 180.0 5 sqrt n ParaPC Research EISA 2? 40.0 5 TTL_PAPERS Library Public Yes $100 $5 SPP $800 8/hub 1.6 3 log n ParaStation Socket
LibraryProduct Yes $2,000 $2,000 PCI > 100 93.0 13 sqrt n PLIP Socket Copyleft Yes $2 $2 SPP 2 1.2 1,000 ATM AAL5 Product Yes $3,000 $1,000 PCI $35,000 16/hub 155.0 100 log n Fast Ethernet
(unswitched)Socket Product Yes $600 $250 PCI $5,000 16/hub 100.0 1,000 > n Ethernet Socket Product Yes $100 $100 ISA 200 10.0 1,000 > n Fast Ethernet
(switched)Socket Product Yes $1,500 $250 PCI $20,000 16/hub 100.0 1,000 log n ATM Socket Product Yes $3,000 $1,000 PCI $35,000 16/hub 155.0 1,000 log n Ethernet
(switched)Socket Product Yes $200 $100 ISA $1,500 16/hub 10.0 1,000 log n ARCNET Socket Product Yes $200 $200 ISA 255 2.5 1,000 n SLIP Socket Copyleft Yes $2 $2 RS232 2 0.1 10,000 - ETHERNET/FDDI/ATM/MYRINET latency dependence on message size.
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