fast blackplanes (was Re: Experience with SMC 8624T L2 switches and nics)

[Greg Lindahl]

> Off hand, it appears now to be cheaper per port to go with Myrinet with a
> high number of nodes (128+ node cluster), than it is with a big GigE
> capable switch.

A while ago that number was more like 25 ports. Of course, that
doesn't consider the application-dependent performance, just the
$ of the network.

-- greg