Hmm, Switches or Hubs?, that question comes up from time to time. In the case of 30 workstations and a single LTSP/Application server, I think the more important thing is the 100mbs vs 10mbs. A switch, in that case will really offer very little improvement (if any) over a hub.
All of the traffic will be going between the workstations and the server, and even then, most of the traffic is generated by the server and received by the workstation. The real bottleneck is between the server and the hub/switch, and virtually all of the traffic has to pass through that leg of the network. A switch really helps when there are multiple servers and the workstations aren't all talking to the same server all the time. But then again, switches have come way down in price, so you might as well start with switches. Jim McQuillan [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Wed, 16 Jan 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > When you get up to 5-10 workstations on a 10 mbps hub, the amount of > broadcast traffic really bogs down performance - at least that is what I > have experienced. 30 on a 10 mbps hub might make your users pull their > hair out. > > If money is tight and you have mostly hubs, you could use a combination > of switch and hubs. Plug the server directly into the switch, uplink the > hubs to the switch, and try to limit the number of workstations plugged > into each hub. The key here being get at least one switch. > > My .02 cents > Rob > > > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< > > On 1/16/02, 7:58:55 PM, "Marvin T Pascual" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote > regarding [Ltsp-discuss] Just a newbie question: > > > > Hello everybody out there! =) > > > Is it okay to use a 10Mbps HUB for LTSP having 30 workstations or do I > really need a switch? > > > Thanks in advance! =) > > > Marvin > > > __________________________________ > > www.edsamail.com > > > _____________________________________________________________________ > > Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss > > For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.openprojects.net > > _____________________________________________________________________ > Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss > For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.openprojects.net > _____________________________________________________________________ Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.openprojects.net
