Re: Looking for L4 switch-off info

From: Joseph Mack (mack.joseph@epa.gov)
Date: Wed Apr 11 2001 - 10:45:22 MDT


Alex Rousskov wrote:

> > What type of connections do I get to your setup? One cable to the
> > client farm/ to the server farm, or one cable to each of the nodes
> > (ie many cables)? Is the connection 100MBps, 1GBps?
>
> Good questions. We can do either or both. I think this configuration
> issue should be discussed by potential participants before a final
> decision can be made.

it's a big difference. One cable to the clients and one to
the servers limits you to 100Mbps. An unlimited number of
cables means the sky is the limit. These are two different
categories of L-4 switches.

Joe

-- 
Joseph Mack PhD, Senior Systems Engineer, Lockheed Martin
contractor to the National Environmental Supercomputer Center, 
mailto:mack.joseph@epa.gov ph# 919-541-0007, RTP, NC, USA



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