On 11/11/14 00:49, Jason Lixfeld wrote:
I gotta wonder. How reliable is iPerf over something like RFC2544 or Y.1564? Especially at those speeds?
Apples and oranges? iperf tests a TCP connection (over v4 or v6) and 2544 runs Ethernet tests. Yes, both test throughput, but in very different ways. Arguably you only need one or the other -- but you work with what you have.
Anyone out there testing 10gbE with iPerf? If so, what are you using?
As you say, server hardware is heavy to lug around -- but you can fit quite a lot of CPU in a Mini-ITX/uATX board these days, and newer boards even come with PCI-E 3.0 capable chipsets (Intel Z87). Given the right NIC (Intel, if I was buying one) and a recent Linux distro... I'd be surprised if a recent quad core CPU couldn't generate 10G based on what I've seen our servers do. -- Tom