SATA RAID over GB Ethernet

[Jacob Altman]

Sean,

Thanks a lot once again for your answers…
My kit has been ordered and is beginning to arrive… Will post up a full report when it’s all set up and has been tested extensively…

Cheers,

David.

[Cee Dee]

wow i could never justify spending 2 grand on a gbe switch. thats the same price as a fibre switch. what are the advantages of these over the cheap ones you can buy at bestbuy.. wow i sound ridiculous asking (but still serious)

[Sean Oneil]

[cls105] “wow i could never justify spending 2 grand on a gbe switch. thats the same price as a fibre switch. what are the advantages of these over the cheap ones you can buy at bestbuy.. wow i sound ridiculous asking (but still serious)”

You’re right. There is no reason whatsoever to spend that amount. You can get a full-featured managed switch from Dell for like $600.

[Jacob Altman]

The switch I chose in the end is the SMC8024L2 made by SMC. It’s fantastic and is very fully featured and is performing perfectly. I ordered it from Provantage for $424.42…

Full report on our setup to follow.

Needless to say, it’s going well….

[Cee Dee]

i look forward to hearing your reviews… im monthes away from buying metasan and metalan and using gbe.. .right now i have a $50 netgear gigabit switch lol. let me know your xfer rates with the smc. thanks