[Beowulf] Switch recommendations and 10G to the desktop?

[John Hearns]

2009/9/14 Gerry Creager <gerry.creager at tamu.edu>:
> Nortel still has switches available, and they'd be my first choice, as well,
> but I'm concerned about support... and delivery!
>
> Force10 S-series bears looking at, as does the Nexus line from (shudder)
> Cisco.  I consider the Cisco offerings to have barely enough backplane to be
> non-blocking.

Gerry, thanks for that. Talkign with our supplier today looks like
I'll go for Force 10 - but keeping the heid screwed I'll stay with
1Gbps.