Re: Scanning the iSeries (IFS) for Viruses

[Douglas Handy <dhandy1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Joe,

>Let's see.  A 100MB line should transfer at least 10MB a second. 

I think you'll find that is not true under TCP/IP over Ethernet, though what
throughput you do see can be very dramatically affected by optimizing some of
the TCP values involved like packet sizes, receive window size, etc.

You can't do math the same way as with a packetless modem connection, and you
won't get maximum utilization without multiple concurrent threads moving the
data.

> So, that's what?  About 2 minutes a GB?  

I'd suggest you try moving 2GB of data between an IFS directory and a PC before
making that assumption.  You may be surprised.

And it's a 100Mb line, not 100MB, as its measured in bits, not bytes.

Doug