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Date:      Mon, 31 Mar 2008 16:41:59 +0200 (CEST)
From:      Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl>
To:        Da Rock <rock_on_the_web@comcen.com.au>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: SCSI network
Message-ID:  <20080331164038.T2059@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl>
In-Reply-To: <1206940957.30698.11.camel@laptop2.herveybayaustralia.com.au>
References:  <20080329131542.H80112@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <20080331033417.GH28690@dan.emsphone.com> <1206940957.30698.11.camel@laptop2.herveybayaustralia.com.au>

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>> unmanaged switch will work much better :)
>>
>
> I'd agree with that 100%- do the bandwidth math (not to mention the ease
> of setup): gigabit each way compared to a max of 320mb (I could be wrong
> on the exact figures, but the gigabit is still faster).
>
320MB is 2560Mb not 320Mb

160MB/s is above gigabit ethernet speed - half duplex, but when traffic 
goes mostly one direction - it's not a problem.


> Setup a small private network between the machines in question and
> everything would be happy.

of course - but just asked as i have a bunch of unused U160 controllers 
and cables.



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