I have been using the pro-curve series layer2 managed switches for 5 years and they are running smooth!
Chris Bullock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 09/21/2006 05:31 PM Please respond to Triangle Linux Users Group discussion list <[email protected]> To trilug trilug <[email protected]> cc Subject [TriLUG] re: OT - gigabit switches I have to recommend the HP procurve line of switches, they offer free upgrades for life and also a lifetime warranty. the 2800 series are all gig ports and the 2810 is their new line that is supposed to be fanless. Good luck. Chris Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2006 14:23:36 -0400 From: Christopher L Merrill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [TriLUG] OT - gigabit switches To: Triangle Linux Users Group discussion list <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed We would like to upgrade our testlab to a gigabit switch. I'm not an expert in this area (I spend most of my time at level 7). Maybe some of you network gurus can set me straight. In our lab we'll have 10-25 machines (some with dual NICs) mostly fast ethernet but we're moving machines to GigE. We currently have a Dell 2324 with 2 GigE ports. Performance between the machines connected directly to the switch is the only real goal. Management functions are not important, beyond the desire for simple plug-n-play management that we have today (in other words...no management - just plug them in). Note that we do load-testing in the lab, so for a network with only a handful of machines, they run a LOT of traffic between them - frequently to the CPU/NIC limit of each machine. I've read a little on layer-2 and layer-3 switches and think I grasp the differences, but it is not clear to me if there would be any performance benefit for US with a layer-3 switch. Budget is obviously a concern so a $2000 switch will take some selling. Under what kind of situations would we see a difference in the total throughput rates on, for example, a Dell 2724 (layer 2, <$300), a Dell 5324 (layer 2/3, $750) and a 6024 (layer 3, $2000)??? What about an older Dell 5224 (layer2/3, ebay $300)? What does "layer 2/3" mean? Any recommendations or pointers for some good reading would be much appreciated. p.s. We have lots of Linux boxes in the lab :> TIA, --------------------------------- Talk is cheap. Use Yahoo! Messenger to make PC-to-Phone calls. Great rates starting at 1ยข/min. -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/
