"no body" <no-one@no-where.com> wrote in message
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> I'm doing some nfs file transfers from one box to another over a
> CAT5-to-switch-to-CAT5 connection, both boxes connected at 100 Mb. I've
> noticed some of the files actually go at 2.5 Meg per second. Isn't that
two
> and a half times the actual effective rate of 1 Meg per sec that this sort
> of connection should have? How is it happening?
>
> My guess is nfs is using compression of some sort, but I didn't think nfs
> had compression...
>
>

Actuallt if yea take 100Mbits / (8 bits/byte + say 2 for overhead) =
10MB/sec

With a 10Mbit ethernet yea can estimate 1MByte top speed in the same manner.

Hope this helped.