Subject: Re: load balancing
To: Paul M. Newhouse <newhouse@rockhead.com>
From: Erik Rungi <blackbox@openface.ca>
List: current-users
Date: 07/23/1998 16:41:54
On Thu, 23 Jul 1998, Paul M. Newhouse wrote:

> Erik Rungi writes:
> 
> >Typical ethernet switch latency is 20 microseconds (us), not milliseconds
> >(ms). At least thats the number I always see quoted in the specs (I've been
> >shopping around lately).
> 
> 500ns vs. 20us is still a 40:1 ratio.

Thats true.  But its not as bad as 40000:1.  :)

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EJR