[pve-devel] network card MBit/s vs MB/s

[Dietmar Maurer]

> > But the ethernet speed limit refers to physically transferable bits,
> > and usually
> >
> > 9Bit = 1 Byte
> 
> No idea what you mean but 8 bit is 1 byte. Also the whole internet refers to 8
> bit.

We talk about network card speed limit. 
At network level, you need to transfer parity and stop bits, ethernet headers, ...

So you need more the 8 bits to transfer one byte!