[Bioclusters] bio/life science cluster switch

[Joe Landman]

Any data on latency?  The 4108gl claims <6us for 64 byte packets, which 
is important if you want to make use of tcp offload adapters later on.  
Most of these rise to about 20-30 us later on. 



Michael Hanulec wrote:

>
> for its price the Nortel Networks BayStack 5510-48 cannot be beat:
>
> http://www.nortelnetworks.com/products/02/bstk/switches/baystack_5510/index.html 
>
>
> it has twice the port density as Cisco's 1U switches, can stack to 384 
> ports and has a much quicker backplane than any HP Procurve switch.
>
> for 100 nodes you could use two 48 port and one 24 port models stacked 
> together.
>
> -mike
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> On Fri, 6 Aug 2004, Steve wrote:
>
>> I'm putting together a general lifescience based cluster (software 
>> ranging from docking apps. to blast). Its going to consist of 
>> approximately 100 nodes, including 2 head nodes. All nodes will be 
>> connected through GIGE, and we will not be using high speed 
>> interconnects.
>>
>> In the past I've used Cisco switches (4000 and 6000 series), stable, 
>> reliable and costly.
>> Does anyone have any recommendations? I've had mixed reviews about 
>> Extreme, so I'd be interested in Foundy, Procurve or any systems 
>> people may have had success with.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Steve
>>
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