Gigabit networking (over copper)
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CougTek
Hairy Aussie
About as much as 15Krpm SCSI drives, rackmounts, dual CPU systems and Windows 2K Advanced Server.i said:
If you don't have all the above, God knows how you'll ever be able to use IE and check your mail.
blakerwry
Storage? I am Storage!
I think it's on the edge.. it just depends on your patience really. I would think if you just had 2 computers something like USB2 or firewire would be faster than 100Mbit and cheaper than gigabit at the same time.
But no matter what, if I was installing wire I would use cat6 or better so that I would be ready to make the jump to gigabit even if I was implementing a 10/100 at the time.
But no matter what, if I was installing wire I would use cat6 or better so that I would be ready to make the jump to gigabit even if I was implementing a 10/100 at the time.
The JoJo
Wannabe Storage Freak
I've a only a little experience with it, check this:
http://www.storageforum.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2897
http://www.storageforum.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2897
CougTek said:
Hah. Can you read my mind, Cougtek?
- No 15K rpm SCSI drive, but I have a 10K rpm.
- I'm ordering a 40U rack (complete with casters!) for my kitchen on Monday.
- I'm using a dual PII 400MHz system right now.
- No way I'll be touching Windows "Server" anything at home, though. I may have to give in and get Windows XP for one testing system, but I'm going to try really hard and make do with the Windows 98SE that I have lying around first.
The real reason I'm considering gigabit ethernet is for the benefit of my x-terminal setup. I'm in love with this arrangement (there's a completely silent system here in front of me powering my 19" monitor, with a noisy SCSI system hidden away in the kitchen).
As always, I'm considering my options for improving the setup. There's a slight delay sometimes between triggering an event and actually seeing the results on the screen (such as bringing up a new window ... it can take an extra split-second for the window to be painted). And fast moving graphics in anything beyond small windows are really not worth trying.
I'm running the x-terminal at 1280x1024. I'm not sure what the bottleneck is: maybe the server (dual PII 400MHz), or maybe the terminal (Pentium 133MHz with an older ATI PCI graphics card). I figured trying out gigabit network cards in the server and the terminal might be the easiest thing to try.