Xedia vs Packeteer Comparsion

Sat Oct 31 04:46:30 UTC 1998

On Fri, Oct 30, 1998 at 01:35:02PM -0800, Christofer Hoff wrote:
> Matthew:
> 
> What version of code are you running in your 4000 -- I see no such latency
> issues nor packet drop and we regularly push 20+ Mb through our boxes...
> sits between a Cisco 75xx and Catalyst 5000 Switch.

PacketShaper v3.1.3g14 1998-09-15.  

> Are you using the same cable/cables when you place the packetshaper
> in the network vs. when it is out?  Also, have you looked at the CLI for
> the NIC stats?

Yeah, same cables.

I believe the issues was in the number of sessions the box was handling,
not the amount of bandwidth.  I believe we were looking at "mib tcp" -
some of the values we were seeing were nearing the limits of the box.
One of the websites that we host, but don't shape, typically gets
200-300 hits per second during peak.  Which, of course, has a direct
impact on bandwidth.

The technical explaination that made the most sense to me was the
increase in hits per second meant an increase is hosts the p4k was
managing.

I can track down my emails and talk to you offline about this, if you're
interested.

- mz

-- 
matthew zeier -  "Chance is irrelevant - we will succeed." - 7 of 9