[comm] Communications meeting Wednesday

[David Halstead]

Agreed, I'm still digging out myself and I'd like Gene's input.

David

James Robnett wrote:
>     I'd suggest not having it and rescheduling for next week.
>
>     If we have it today somebody needs to pipe up pretty quick.
>
>     The main issue is the CV/AOC router performance.
>
>     I've talked to Dan Lunceford and we've done some more tests.
> They have *almost* the same router connecting them to the outside world
> as we have connecting to them.
>
>     Their router has the G2 (2nd generation) controller card where
> as ours has the G1.  The main difference between the two is the
> G2 has twice the bandwidth and packet per second handling capability.
>
>     When running iperf from their network to UNM across their 7206
> they get 810mit/s.  Considering there's a 130mbit/s background rate
> that's 940mbit/s to UNM.
>
>     My understanding is the G2 card costs around $12K.  We may want
> to consider going that route rather than whole new routers.
>
> James
>
>
> Derek Hart wrote:
>   
>> Gene is out doing some dam work at his house the rest of this week
>> and will have limited access both to email and phone -- not sure if
>> he'll be holding the meeting or not.
>>
>>
>> -D-
>>
>>     
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