Gigabit Ethernet PCI adapter performance
M. L. Loeb, Andrew J. Rindos, W. G. Holland, S. Woolet · IEEE Network · 2001
We analyze the performance of a commercially available Gigabit Ethernet adapter, using TCP/IP running on a Windows NT operating system. We show how the performance varies with number of clients, sessions per client, number of system processors, and speed of system processors. Throughout, we discuss how the Ethernet protocol, adapter hardware, operating system, and device driver interact to produce the throughput results measured, and suggest ways to improve performance.