Can Anyone Suggest a Good Switch?

Posted by Cliff on Monday September 20, 2004 @08:25AM from the you-can-never-have-too-many-ports dept.

wgadmin asks: "I am a sysadmin for a 500-node Linux cluster. We are doubling the size of our compute nodes, so, as a consequence, we need a new switch. We currently have a Foundry FastIron 1500 -- however, a) it doesn't have enough ports (only 208) and b) it is extremely unreliable. We want something that's solid as a rock. We process mostly serial jobs. And we will probably require ~320 ports. What's everyone using for their HPC clusters? There's so many high performance switches on the market, we hardly know where to start."

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For a good switch by Enrico+Pulatzo · 2004-09-20 11:45 · Score: 4, Funny

try a hickory tree. Stings like hell and the mere thought is a deterrant for most rascals and rapscallions.
1. Re:For a good switch by Anonymous Coward · 2004-09-20 13:18 · Score: 1, Funny
  
  I disagree, my best switch was switching from Windows to MacOS.
Um... by robochan · 2004-09-20 13:43 · Score: 1, Funny

I can't really give you a solution at the moment...
but are you hiring? ;o)

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