Buffalo BS-MP2008 8-Port Multi-GbE Switch Review

Benchmark: 10 Gigabit Ethernet

The 10 Gigabit Ethernet performance is tested between D-Link DXE-820T and TN9210 10GBase-T NICs. The cables are all cat7 certified for the best results.

TCP and UDP Performance

To test the maximum throughput ability, I send a fixed block size of 16384 bytes. The test runs for a period of five minutes. With a higher block size, we are sure to get as high a result as possible. A similar scenario you’re familiar with, is with files. When you copy a single large file, it is faster than copying a lot of small files. Even though the two setups have the same total size.

In a real-world situation, the blocks of data that pass through a network adaptor are not of the same size each time. To give a more realistic impression of how an adaptor performs, the adaptor is once again tested for five minutes. However, this time the block size will vary from 32 Bytes up to 16384 Bytes in increasing steps of 148.7 Bytes each time.

UDP Performance

To test the maximum throughput ability, I send a fixed block size of 16384 bytes. The test runs for a period of five minutes. With a higher block size, we are sure to get as high a result as possible. A similar scenario you’re familiar with, is with files. When you copy a single large file, it is faster than copying a lot of small files. Even though the two setups have the same total size.

In a real-world situation, the blocks of data that pass through a network adaptor are not of the same size each time. To give a more realistic impression of how an adaptor performs, the adaptor is once again tested for five minutes. However, this time the block size will vary from 32 Bytes up to 16384 Bytes in increasing steps of 148.7 Bytes each time.

Product Comparison

For the product comparison, I’ll be using the average performance as the primary sorting category.