Does it have blinky lights?
On Mon, Jul 29, 2013 at 2:37 PM, Richard Stovall <[email protected]> wrote: > I think they call them "lightly" managed... > > > On Mon, Jul 29, 2013 at 2:23 PM, Jonathan Link <[email protected]>wrote: > >> The bane of unmanaged switches is most dire, indeed. >> >> >> >> On Mon, Jul 29, 2013 at 2:16 PM, Steven M. Caesare >> <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> Indeed… I will say tho’, that when going inexpensive with switch gear, >>> it will be a dark time if there’s ever a knight where a problem rises up >>> and you can’t manage them remotely.**** >>> >>> ** ** >>> >>> Maybe worth it to have a spare in case of problems?**** >>> >>> ** ** >>> >>> -sc**** >>> >>> ** ** >>> >>> *From:* [email protected] [mailto: >>> [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Richard Stovall >>> *Sent:* Monday, July 29, 2013 2:12 PM >>> >>> *To:* [email protected] >>> *Subject:* Re: [NTSysADM] 10Gb Ethernet**** >>> >>> ** ** >>> >>> It doesn't suck, that's for sure.[1]**** >>> >>> ** ** >>> >>> [1] Unlike the terrible movie I watched last night...**** >>> >>> ** ** >>> >>> On Mon, Jul 29, 2013 at 2:06 PM, Steven M. Caesare <[email protected]> >>> wrote:**** >>> >>> Cool… getting 10Gb ports for that cost is great…**** >>> >>> **** >>> >>> -sc**** >>> >>> **** >>> >>> *From:* [email protected] [mailto: >>> [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Richard Stovall >>> *Sent:* Monday, July 29, 2013 10:10 AM >>> *To:* [email protected] >>> *Subject:* Re: [NTSysADM] 10Gb Ethernet**** >>> >>> **** >>> >>> Because of our tiny size, we went with the inexpensive (~$900) Netgear >>> XS708E. (There are just three servers connected via 10Gb.)**** >>> >>> **** >>> >>> On Mon, Jul 29, 2013 at 8:59 AM, Steven M. Caesare <[email protected]> >>> wrote:**** >>> >>> BluRay .iso’s are good tests. J**** >>> >>> **** >>> >>> **** >>> >>> What switches are you using?**** >>> >>> **** >>> >>> -sc**** >>> >>> **** >>> >>> *From:* [email protected] [mailto: >>> [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Richard Stovall >>> *Sent:* Friday, July 26, 2013 8:43 PM**** >>> >>> >>> *To:* [email protected] >>> *Subject:* [NTSysADM] 10Gb Ethernet**** >>> >>> **** >>> >>> I'm just beginning to prepare the environment at $Work for the >>> transition from VMware to Hyper-V. Part of the exercise is implementing >>> 10Gb Ethernet for the first time.**** >>> >>> **** >>> >>> I work in the SMB space at a company with an IT staff of two. >>> Consequently, I don't get too jazzed about much in the way of >>> infrastructure these days, but I gotta tell ya, it's slicker the greased >>> owl sh** to see sustained file transfers on the order of 750MB/sec (without >>> any network tweaking at all).**** >>> >>> **** >>> >>> More info. as things progress, but, for today at least, it was was >>> pretty cool throwing multi-GB files around in mere seconds. (Heck, it was >>> hard finding something big enough to test with!)**** >>> >>> **** >>> >>> **** >>> >>> **** >>> >>> ** ** >>> >> >> >
