Re: Fcp and Isis

Just for the record, Michael writes -

With a single 1GB pipe toa client station, we are getting speeds exceeding 100MB/s. Once you start adding on users, or not using supported configs, this drops. The correct NIC on a PC is paramount (onboard doesn't cut it). You can also do a bonded 1GB, and we have seen speeds around 180MB/s. On each chassis, you can expect "around" 300MB/s total.



REPLY - I have a lot of experience with bonding ethernet ports (LACP), and NIC bonding on the client side back to the switch DOES NOT increase bandwidth, so I have no idea of what miracle you performed to bond two 1Gig ports on the client side to get 180MB/sec per client.


You have 25 clients - if they are all going to be doing multiple streams of ProRes422HQ, you will have a bottleneck at some point with the speed of your drive array - no matter what system you purchase. People foolishly think that if they spend a lot of money, they can do anything. Well, you can't.


Bob Zelin