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<DIV><SPAN class=710201811-31072003><FONT face=Arial
size=2>Hi,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=710201811-31072003><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=710201811-31072003><FONT face=Arial size=2>I am very new to
spread, and currently evaluating it for a cluster project (one writer and a
bunch (less than 10) readers), all on the same 100MB ethernet switch. All win2k
machines).</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=710201811-31072003><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=710201811-31072003><FONT face=Arial size=2>I am getting these
numbers:</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=710201811-31072003><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=710201811-31072003><FONT face=Arial size=2>FTP: 8.8
MB/s</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=710201811-31072003><FONT face=Arial size=2>TCP socket: 10
MB/s</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=710201811-31072003><FONT face=Arial size=2>Spread 3.3
MB/s</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=710201811-31072003><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=710201811-31072003><FONT face=Arial size=2>I have it set-up so
that each machine on the local net (all readers and the writer) have spread.exe
running.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=710201811-31072003><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=710201811-31072003><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=710201811-31072003><FONT face=Arial
size=2>Questions:</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=710201811-31072003><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=710201811-31072003><FONT face=Arial size=2>For a one to many
messaging problem like mine, is Spread the right thing (I do need
reliability).</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=710201811-31072003><FONT face=Arial size=2>Previous posts seem
to indicate that I should be getting higher performance: Can someone with a
comparable set-up tell me what they are getting and how ?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=710201811-31072003><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=710201811-31072003><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=710201811-31072003><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks for your
help,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=710201811-31072003><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=710201811-31072003><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=710201811-31072003><FONT face=Arial
size=2>Julien.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<P><FONT size=2>_________________<BR>Julien Berta<BR>Solutions
Engineer<BR>Fakespace Systems<BR>_________________ </FONT></P>
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