gigabit switches
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Steven Berukoff steveb at aei-potsdam.mpg.deMon Dec 3 10:15:29 PST 2001
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Hello all, My group is currently outlining the plans for a ~140 node dual athlon cluster. Our networking needs are minimal: no internode communication, rare master-slave communication (with xfers of ~tens KB), and even more rare very large data transfers from slave to server (~100s of MB). Now, we are currently considering a hierarchical network structure, to minimize costs. In particular, we planned on having each set of ~15 nodes connected to a 16 port 100Mbit switch with a Gbit uplink. Then, each Gbit line gets plugged into a Gbit switch. The question I have to you, my dear reader, is: Do there exist 16 or 24 port Gbit switches suited for this purpose? The only ones I know of are made by Foundry Networks, who manufacture 16, 24, and 32 port models. Have I missed some? If so, does anyone have yea/nay comments? Your comments and suggestions are, as always, very appreciated. Steve ===== Steve Berukoff tel: 49-331-5677233 Albert-Einstein-Institute fax: 49-331-5677298 Am Muehlenberg 1, D14477 Golm, Germany email:steveb at aei.mpg.de
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