[windows2000] Re: Upgrading to gigabit network
- From: Phillip Newberry <phillip_newberry@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2006 04:12:52 -0800 (PST)
There are many factors that determine the speed. The
switch, network speed, and local resources on the
computers all play a role.
--- Ray Costanzo <ray@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi group,
>
> At home, I have a 100Mbps network setup and I'm
> trying to find out if it'd
> be worth upgrading my hardware to support gigabit
> speeds. I'm doing a lot
> of moving large files among machines, and it takes
> quite a while. But, is
> the speed more determined by the target machine's
> hard drive? The network
> speed? Something else? Most of the machines in my
> domain have ordinary
> ATA/100 7200 RPM hard drives. It takes about 23
> minutes to move a 4.3 GB
> file from my machine to another. I have one 16 port
> switch and four 4-8
> port switches I'd have to replace, so before
> incurring that expense, I'd
> like to know if there'd be any real benefit to it.
>
> Thank you,
>
> Ray at home
>
Phil Newberry
Computer Network Engineer Consultant
MCSE NT&2000, MCP+IIS CNA, CAN
Your destiny is in your hands. Just do it.
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