[Cialug] OT: 10 Gigabit Ethernet

[David Bierce]

It looks great for SANs.  I was looking at HP some ProCurve Equipment  
that had 10g GBICS that used Cat6 STP or UTP up to 100 meters as the  
medium.  It's scary to think of the cost per port for a switch that  
could actually handle saturating a few of those links.

Dave


On Jul 22, 2008, at 2:54 PM, Nathan C. Smith wrote:

> I pooh-poohed gigabit (I was on 10 mbit @ home) until I had to move  
> a few video files.  Yay Gigabit!  I'm looking at 10Gbe for SAN  
> applications.
>
> -Nate
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: cialug-bounces at cialug.org
>> [mailto:cialug-bounces at cialug.org] On Behalf Of Dave Crouse
>> Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2008 2:48 PM
>> To: Central Iowa Linux Users Group
>> Subject: Re: [Cialug] OT: 10 Gigabit Ethernet
>>
>> Wow, I didn't even know about 10GbE ....... I've just been
>> amazed with the gigabit stuff at the house..... :)
>> Great......now I want FASTER lol.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 10:28 AM, Nathan C. Smith
>> <nathan.smith at ipmvs.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Is anyone using 10GbE?  It looks to me like a wholly
>> different animal from fast or gigabit Ethernet (Same rules,
>> more delicate medium) - is it?  Are the cables vastly
>> different and more expensive?  Who manufactures GbE Switches?
>> Cisco, and a few others?
>>>
>>> I was interested in using it in a SAN and over copper but
>> if everything is different maybe optical will be faster,
>> cover more distance and make more sense?
>>>
>>> Any bets on when 10GbE will really hit the mainstream?
>>>
>>> -Nate
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