10 gigabit Ethernet - Add on question

[josh+poweredge at eldertimes.us]

On Sat, Jan 12, 2008 at 02:03:08PM +0100, Tino Schwarze wrote:
> If you want to measure raw network performance, use netcat:
> 1. run "netcat -p 4242 -l > somefile" on the receiving side
> 2. run "netcat server 4242 < somefile" on the sending side

With that test, you're measuring your disk-to-disk performance rather
than "raw network performance", especially with 10gbe.  Typically to
measure network peformance you want to use a tool like iperf or netperf.

-jkl