[Beowulf] which 24 port unmanaged GigE switch?

[Andrew Piskorski]

On Mon, Apr 05, 2010 at 06:35:22PM -0400, Jesse Becker wrote:

> Also, as Joe Landman mentioned, Dell PowerConnect switches are just
> rebranded SMC units.  Decent for the price, but not powerhouses.

Well, this place is selling ("refurbished") 48 port SMC 8648T gigabit
switches for $300, which seem worth trying at that price, no?  Back in
January they had them on sale for $200 each:

  http://www.unityelectronics.com/products/5517/SMC_TigerSwitch_48_Port_10_100_1000_Gigabit_Ethernet_Managed_Layer_2_Switch_with_4_mini_GBIC_Ports_SMC8648T_Refurbished
  http://www.smc.com/index.cfm?event=viewProduct&cid=8&scid=44&localeCode=EN_USA&pid=1192

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