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

[Stefan Priebe - Profihost AG]

Hi,
Am 18.02.2013 09:27, schrieb 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!

Yes but you also have the same overhead using MB/s so it doesn't matter.

100Mbit/s => you can transfer around 12,5MB/s => that's a factor of 8.
Just try it ;-)

Stefan