Re: Debian server for backups of Windows clients

[rhkramer@gmail.com]

On Saturday, September 10, 2016 10:40:26 AM Gene Heskett wrote:
> On Saturday 10 September 2016 10:26:15 rhkramer@gmail.com wrote:
> > On Saturday, September 10, 2016 08:41:53 AM Dan Ritter wrote:
> > > It's in megabytes per second, so assume 1000/8 = 250 MB/s is the
> > > bandwidth of a gigabit ethernet NIC.
> > 
> > Sorry, I tend to pick at nits, but, for the record, 1000/8 is 125
> > Mb/s.  It doesn't (really) change your conclusions.
> > 
> > regards,
> > Randy Kramer
> 
> You make an assumption many folks do, but theres a start bit and a stop
> bit so the math is more like 1000/10=100 Mb/s.


Well, 1000/8 is still 125 ;-) but I wouldn't have written back just to say 
that.  Isn't it the case that there is something less than 1 start and 1 stop 
for every byte--maybe like 1 stop bit for every several bytes?  (I am just 
(slightly) curious.)

And, iirc, there are variations (which may be obsolete--I seem to remember one 
protocol that had either 2 start or 2 stop bits?

regards,
Randy Kramer