In message from Mark Hahn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (Mon, 22 May 2006
14:55:34 -0400 (EDT)):
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- IB seems to be squeezed between cheap 1G (which is dirt cheap
and The Right Choice for most clusters), and the onset of 10G (which >could satisfy
the subset of bandwidth-intense clusters.) would there >be a reason to choose IB if
the eth world suddenly started shipping >10gbase-t in volume with switches costing,
say,
$1000/pt?
I have today proposal for some 24-port IB switch for about $3700. And
if take into account more cheap free-memory Mellanox NICs, IB per port
will cost lower !
Mikhail Kuzminsky
Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry
Moscow
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