http://lists.debian.org/debian-amd64/2006/02/msg00005.html might be an interesting read, where somebody figured out that packet size 7000 was the maximum for linerate for the Dell 5324.
Michael -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Joshua Baker-LePain Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2006 7:15 AM To: beowulf@beowulf.org Subject: [Beowulf] Gigabit switch recommendations My cluster and fileservers are moving to a new home shortly, and I'm going to take the opportunity to put them on a private network. Given everything is gigabit and there's a lot of NFS going on, I'd like to use jumbo frames. I currently have 33 systems, and I'm not likely to grow by any huge amount (he says with uncharacteristic optimism). So I'm mainly looking at getting a couple of 24 port switches. Given past research, I was about to go with the Dell 5324, but then I came upon the much cheaper 2724. The main differences for my purposes seem minor (9018 byte vs. 9000 byte jumbo frame support, 8 member ports per aggregrated link vs. 4). Is there any compelling reason to go with the 5324 over the 2724? Does anyone have another recommendation in the same general price range? Thanks. -- Joshua Baker-LePain Department of Biomedical Engineering Duke University _______________________________________________ Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf@beowulf.org To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf _______________________________________________ Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf@beowulf.org To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf
