[ale] 10GB Lan

[Brian Hartsfield]

10GB is high speed ethernet.  Any failover would be the same as you would
use with normal ethernet (HSRP, etc.)

If 10K is too much then 10GB is not worth looking at.  Just the XENPAKS
(equivilant of GBICS) start at 3K list and since you normally need two you
are at 6K before you even start buying switches that support 10GB.  The 6500
blade is around $20-25K list IIRC.

10GB is nice, but it is still very expensive.

On 6/27/06, Greg Freemyer <greg.freemyer at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> All,
>
> Anyone know of a site that gives the basics of how 10GB Lan works?
>
> I mean cable requirements. max runs. etc.  Is it purely just a fast
> ethernet, or does have some  failover capability.  (ie. I'm hoping it
> may have some FC-like features.)
>
> Also,  anyone know roughly how expenisive this technology is.  ie. If
> I wanted to put in a couple of high-speed storage servers (iSCSI ??)
> and have 10 or so compute nodes on the front-end, how much am I
> looking at?
>
> $10K or more just for the network (adaptors, GBICs?, switch(s),
> cables, etc.) would be too much I think, but anything less than that
> is worth thinking about.
>
> Thanks
> Greg
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> Greg Freemyer
> The Norcross Group
> Forensics for the 21st Century
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