Beowulf Exchange

2008/9/16 Greg Lindahl wrote:

I have a bunch of 1gig switches with CX4 10gig uplinks (and empty X2> ports) and it's time to buy a 10gig switch. Has anyone done a recent> survey of the market? I don't need any layer-3 features, just layer-2.>>

Have a look at the Quadrics switches.The smaller TG201 switch would fit the bill nicely for you - you get get itin two variants, one with 24x copper ports and one with 12x copper ports and12x empty ports for GBICs.They're pretty cost effective,

John Hearns

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