Network equipment (was: Tuning NFS)

[Tom Buskey]

I have a few Netgear gigabit switches that I've been happy with.

I have 2 of the GS724T managed switches in a lab with all sorts of VME
boards connected.  I also have a 16 port unmanaged switch and a 5 port on my
desk.

We also have the usual Cisco stuff in our infrastructure.  Gigabit to the
desktop.

I'd stay away from rebranded stuff.  Get the original OEM

On 8/25/06, Ben Scott <dragonhawk at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 8/25/06, Paul Lussier <p.lussier at comcast.net> wrote:
> > One of those tweaks, IMO, is stay very far away from Dell switches.
> > They have to be some of the worst switches I've ever laid hands or
> > cables on! SMC switches aren't far behind either ...
>
>   Heh.  SMC makes many (most?) of Dell's switches.  Some of the
> PowerConnect models even have identical SMC TigerSwitch models,
> differing only in the name badges.
>
>   I've been looking at upgrading our motley collection of unmanaged
> switches to a managed infrastructure myself.  Ruled out Dell, mainly
> on warranty: Dell will not offer a warranty or service contract on
> their switches beyond five years.  No thanks, we plan on keeping our
> network longer than that.
>
>   I'm currently looking strongly at HP ProCurve (2600 and 2800
> series).  Good rep.  Lifetime warranty with next-business-day advanced
> part replacement.
>
>   Cisco and Nortel both have a good rep, but they're also hard to buy
> and rather expensive (fiendishly so for Cisco).
>
>   A good friend of mine works for Enterasys (FKA Cabletron), and so
> I'm probably going to at least look at their stuff.  In the distant
> past I wasn't a big fan of their stuff from a technical standpoint,
> but they're done the acquisition game so many times my past experience
> is invalidated.
>
>   I'm interested in hearing the opinions of others.
>
> -- Ben
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