[ale] OT: 1 GB ethernet switches

[Brian Hartsfield]

Yes. Mpp is Millions of packets per second. If you have lots of small
packets, you could hit that threshold before you hit the bandwidth
threshold.

and you are also correct that 96Gbps switching fabric means the backplane of
the switch can handle a total of 96Gbps.

On 10/3/05, Greg Freemyer <greg.freemyer at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> All,
>
> I'm looking for a big 1 Gb/sec switch for a client.
>
> As relates to a 48-port switch, what do these numbers mean:
>
> # 71.4Mpps Throughput
> # 96Gbps Switching Fabric
>
> I'm guessing the 96 Gbps is telling me the switch should be able to
> keep up with all 48-ports being 100% active at once in full-duplex
> mode.
>
> But, if that is the case, what is the 71.4 Mpps Throughput? I don't
> even know what Mpps stands for?
>
> Million Packet Per Second?
>
> Greg
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