Re: Is switch faster than hub?

From: Neil Horman (nhorman_at_rNeOdShPaMt.com)
Date: 11/13/03 

Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2003 13:01:17 -0500

Anthony Ewell wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I maintain a 100 Base-T, Red Hat 8 Samba server with 9
> Windows clients. The Windows clients ONLY exchange data
> and print jobs with the Samba server and never to each
> other (no peer-to-peer). The hub is a old fashioned,
> straight 100 Base-T, non-switching hub.
>
> If I were to change the hub out to 100 Base-T switch,
> would I notice any performance improvement?. I have always
> been doubtful in the past because all of the data in
> always going to and from the Samba server, defeating the
> "traffic cop" aspect of a switch. Am I incorrect in
> my assumption?
>
> Many thanks,
> --Tony
> aewell@gbis.com
>
Depends how close to saturated the network is with data. If you are
noticing lots of collisions on your hub, then a switch will reduce
those, and increase you overall effective throughput. In general a
switch is just going to be more scalable than your hub.

HTH
Neil 

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