High Speed Beowulf Cluster using gigabit ethernet

[W Bauske]

Felix Rauch wrote:
> 
> So, if you really have an application that needs Gigabit/s speeds on
> some nodes, then you should make sure that your switch can handle that
> load. You can only do this by measurements, as the technical
> descriptions are not always right.
> 

I agree. But, even if it can only sustain one connection, that $129
can transfer around 8.5TB per day at 100MB/sec. Pretty good buy in my book. 
YMMV.

Wes