Tuesday, July 26, 2011

Understanding file transfer rates in a network

Have you ever wanted to know the reason you only get less than 100 Mbps rates when copying files between computers in a network that uses Gigabit equipment? Check the following link http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/gigabit-ethernet-bandwidth,review-31611.html  for a good explanation about this. Summary:

1) Gigabit is not the same as Gigabyte. There is no a Gigabyte network but only Gigabit ones. Gigabit is only 125 Mbps.
2) Hard Disk speed has a lot to say in the copying process.