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gooogoo
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Mon Oct 11, 2004 5:24 am Post subject:
Multilayer Switch vs Gigabit Switch |
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Im about to purchase another switch. My root switch is a 100M multilayer
switch with QoS configured to give priority over to SQL traffic. Currently
I am load balancing 2 x NICS in our SQL & other servers, it really does
make a difference. Now I am stuck on our next switch purchase.
Should I get another BPS2000 100M Multilayer switch (stackable), or go and
get a regular Baystack switch that has Gigabit across all ports (24 ports).
The servers all currently have Gigabit NICs.
The baystack Gigabit switch has the option of a cascading Gigabit uplink.
The Multilayer Gigabit switches are still a little bit expensive.
Gary. |
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Michael Roberts
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Mon Oct 11, 2004 5:21 pm Post subject:
Re: Multilayer Switch vs Gigabit Switch |
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We have both the BS380 and the BS5510. The BS380 does not have all of the
QoS features the BPS2k has, but offers 24 ports of GigE. The BS5510 has the
BPS2k QoS features plus up to 48 ports of 10/100/1000. The BS380 is not
stackable, while the BS5510 is. It will only stack with other BS5k hardware
though. The BS5k has limited layer 3 functionality while the BS380 has
none.
I would recommend doing some cost analysis on price per port. You will get a
cheaper per-port rate if you compare with the 48 port BS5k.
-mike
"gooogoo" <nospam@nospam.com> wrote in message
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| Quote: | Im about to purchase another switch. My root switch is a 100M multilayer
switch with QoS configured to give priority over to SQL traffic.
Currently
I am load balancing 2 x NICS in our SQL & other servers, it really does
make a difference. Now I am stuck on our next switch purchase.
Should I get another BPS2000 100M Multilayer switch (stackable), or go and
get a regular Baystack switch that has Gigabit across all ports (24
ports).
The servers all currently have Gigabit NICs.
The baystack Gigabit switch has the option of a cascading Gigabit uplink.
The Multilayer Gigabit switches are still a little bit expensive.
Gary.
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gooogoo
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Tue Oct 12, 2004 6:37 am Post subject:
Re: Multilayer Switch vs Gigabit Switch |
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I seem pretty much sold on the idea of a BS5510. Now I just have to worry
about the MDA gigabit addons for the BPS2000 and BS350.
Is it a bad idea to have a dual Gigabit MDA in the BS5510 and hang the 2
other switches from it. The BPS2000 & BS350 would only require a single
MDA.
Or would it be better to daisy chain. (ie. BS5510 single MDA to BPS2000
that has dual MDA, one for the BS350 to connect to the BPS2000).
With regards to traffic flows all the servers and major of workstations
would be located at the BS5510. Our major application there is a CRM
system based on SQL.
Gary.
"Michael Roberts" <robertsmj@missouri.edu> wrote in message
news:dNvad.599$i_4.6284@news.more.net...
| Quote: | We have both the BS380 and the BS5510. The BS380 does not have all of the
QoS features the BPS2k has, but offers 24 ports of GigE. The BS5510 has
the
BPS2k QoS features plus up to 48 ports of 10/100/1000. The BS380 is not
stackable, while the BS5510 is. It will only stack with other BS5k
hardware
though. The BS5k has limited layer 3 functionality while the BS380 has
none.
I would recommend doing some cost analysis on price per port. You will get
a
cheaper per-port rate if you compare with the 48 port BS5k.
-mike
"gooogoo" <nospam@nospam.com> wrote in message
news:ckcnd5$1uq$1@news-02.connect.com.au...
Im about to purchase another switch. My root switch is a 100M
multilayer
switch with QoS configured to give priority over to SQL traffic.
Currently
I am load balancing 2 x NICS in our SQL & other servers, it really does
make a difference. Now I am stuck on our next switch purchase.
Should I get another BPS2000 100M Multilayer switch (stackable), or go
and
get a regular Baystack switch that has Gigabit across all ports (24
ports).
The servers all currently have Gigabit NICs.
The baystack Gigabit switch has the option of a cascading Gigabit
uplink.
The Multilayer Gigabit switches are still a little bit expensive.
Gary.
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Michael Roberts
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Tue Oct 12, 2004 4:40 pm Post subject:
Re: Multilayer Switch vs Gigabit Switch |
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The 5510 has the backplane and horse-power to play the role of a small
wiring closet switch. THe only thing you need to purchase in addition to
the switch are cascade (stacking) cables and SFP-GBICs. And those
components are optional, depending on how the switch is deployed. While the
cascade feature in the BPS2k requires a separate installed module, the
stacking feature is built into the BS5510.
If you want my suggesstion, I would star everything off the 5510.
-mike
"gooogoo" <nospam@nospam.com> wrote in message
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| Quote: | I seem pretty much sold on the idea of a BS5510. Now I just have to worry
about the MDA gigabit addons for the BPS2000 and BS350.
Is it a bad idea to have a dual Gigabit MDA in the BS5510 and hang the 2
other switches from it. The BPS2000 & BS350 would only require a single
MDA.
Or would it be better to daisy chain. (ie. BS5510 single MDA to BPS2000
that has dual MDA, one for the BS350 to connect to the BPS2000).
With regards to traffic flows all the servers and major of workstations
would be located at the BS5510. Our major application there is a CRM
system based on SQL.
Gary.
"Michael Roberts" <robertsmj@missouri.edu> wrote in message
news:dNvad.599$i_4.6284@news.more.net...
We have both the BS380 and the BS5510. The BS380 does not have all of
the
QoS features the BPS2k has, but offers 24 ports of GigE. The BS5510 has
the
BPS2k QoS features plus up to 48 ports of 10/100/1000. The BS380 is not
stackable, while the BS5510 is. It will only stack with other BS5k
hardware
though. The BS5k has limited layer 3 functionality while the BS380 has
none.
I would recommend doing some cost analysis on price per port. You will
get
a
cheaper per-port rate if you compare with the 48 port BS5k.
-mike
"gooogoo" <nospam@nospam.com> wrote in message
news:ckcnd5$1uq$1@news-02.connect.com.au...
Im about to purchase another switch. My root switch is a 100M
multilayer
switch with QoS configured to give priority over to SQL traffic.
Currently
I am load balancing 2 x NICS in our SQL & other servers, it really
does
make a difference. Now I am stuck on our next switch purchase.
Should I get another BPS2000 100M Multilayer switch (stackable), or go
and
get a regular Baystack switch that has Gigabit across all ports (24
ports).
The servers all currently have Gigabit NICs.
The baystack Gigabit switch has the option of a cascading Gigabit
uplink.
The Multilayer Gigabit switches are still a little bit expensive.
Gary.
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