[Tfug] Need help on a server performance issue...

[Jim March]

I think staying with 10/100 class gear is a good idea in this case.
I'm pretty sure that's the speed limit for the current parts
regardless.

Somebody else mentioned "pennywise/pound foolish".  Umm...no, not
really.  What they have right now is slowish but it does work.  Uptime
on that "ghetto server" has been as good as anything I've ever run.
And that one time when the motherboard blew up, getting it back up in
under 2hrs including drive time back and forth to my place impressed
the hell out of 'em.

Jim

On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 11:23 AM, Ammon Lauritzen <allaryin at gmail.com> wrote:
> A word of caution when buying $40 "gigabit" switches. I have burnt out
> no less than 6 of them (it was not my purchasing decision). You get
> what you pay for, a device that can negotiate to gigabit speeds but
> can't necessarily sustain it without suffering permanent damage ;)
>
> I'd recommend either splurging for a slightly pricier model or
> sticking with 100base since you might not actually need gigabit speeds
> in this case. With cheap consumer networking hardware, I have always
> had better luck with devices in metal chasis over comparably priced
> plastic.
>
> On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 11:23 AM, Zack Williams <zdwzdw at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> So...huh.  Yeah, that might actually BE a damn hub.  That would
>>> explain it, wouldn't it?  Crap...wait...dammit, there's one MORE
>>> hub-like-thing in one office used to split out Ethernet to a printer.
>>> I'd better check that too.
>>>
>>> Hey, as craptastic as all this stuff is, it does run for a budget setup.
>>
>> Seriously, an 8-port gig switch costs <$50 these days.  Most likely it
>> would pay for itself with the power savings alone going from older
>> equipment, nevermind the productivity boost.
>>
>> This entire setup sounds pennywise/pound foolish to me - I'd seriously
>> have the "You'd lose X amount of money being down for Y days, so what
>> percent of X are you willing to spend to reduce Y?" talk with them.
>>
>> - Zack
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