Ethernet traffic metrics: measuring incremental traffic?

[S. Kumara-Moorthy]

>> From: mlandau at Diamond.BBN.COM (Matt Landau)
>> Organization: BBN Laboratories, Inc., Cambridge, MA
>>
>>     I need some information on how to measure and compute meaningful metrics
>> about ethernet performance and traffic levels, in particular about "the
>> amount of traffic generated" by adding diskless Sun 3's to a local ethernet.

> From: shannon at sun.uucp (Bill Shannon)
> Organization: Sun Microsystems, Inc.
>
> What you want to know is the "netstone" rating of each machine!
> (Credit to Bill Joy for coining the term "netstone".)

Could someone ( is this a "job" for the man-from-sun ?) inform me, a) what 
"netstone" ratings are, b) how I interpret them when known, and c) what the 
ratings are for various diskless Sun 3's ( 3/50's, 375's, 3/110's, 3/140's not
forgetting the big boys 3/160's and 3/260's ) ?

Seriously, I am currently considering putting a number of Sun's ( a 3/160 
serving 2 or 3 3/50's ) on an existing ethernet. Comments from anyone who has 
had experience with large number of diskless machines, will be very welcome..

Please reply by e-mail, as I don't necessarily regularly monitor the net news. 

Kumar...

*****************************************************************************
**  S.Kumara-Moorthy         **  UUCP : ...mcvax!ukc!hrc63!miduet!kumar    **
**                           **  NRS  : kumar at uk.co.gec-mi-at              **
**  Marconi Instruments Ltd  **                                            **
**  St. Albans               **                                            **
**  Herts. AL4 0JN.          **                                            **
**  England.                 **  Phone: +44 727 59292 x611                 **
*****************************************************************************
**         "The views expressed herein do not necessarily reflect"         **
**         "those of my employer, and may not even reflect my own"         **
*****************************************************************************