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Can Anyone Suggest a Good Switch?

Posted by Cliff on 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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  1. Try these switches by MarsDefenseMinister · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    These switches are excellent, and will last for years

    http://makeashorterlink.com/?U2CA25459

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    No weapon in the arsenals of the world is so formidable as the will and moral courage of free men.-Ronald Reagan
  2. What about by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    A GNAA switch?

  3. Switch? by tverbeek · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Us Tareyton smokers would rather fight than switch.

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  4. Best switch: by Kyle+McFarlane · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    In my experience, these would all be *great* switches for most situations:
    • Windows to Linux
    • Windows to OS X
    • Windows to Solaris
    • Windows to BSD
    • Windows to abacus
    • Windows to living in a cave in the mountains
    Take your pick...