Shane Winter
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Hey I’d be curious to know if you went this route, or if anyone else has hands-on with any of the jupiter arrays. Real world benchmarks would be especially interesting
-Shane
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Worth nothing that fiber-based 10GbE is similarly appealing: Looking like we’re gonna be able to use Small-Tree’s 4 port card to serve up direct 10Gb ethernet connections to a small number of workstations without needing a switch or SAN software. With the ability to get pre-built fiber cables easily and cheaply, installation isn’t much different from cat6 or other copper, and range is excellent
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ahh…the 10GBASE-T clarification helps immensely
I had definitely considered the SFP+ route, mostly because I couldn’t find anything else. kept coming back to high cost numbers by the time I added in connector/tranceivers and cabling, though (again, this in comparison to relatively few fiber runs)
Consolidation is one of the reasons I thought it might be worth it
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Duly noted…and again, I will be paying through the nose for very competent people to do this for me. Fear not.
So…expensive, yes, but evidently worth it in your case. What determined this for you? Raw bandwidth requirements?
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original reply showed up 5 hours later…so I’ll remove this retyped one. 1000 apologies
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Brilliant…that’s the definitive I needed.
To Confirm: Bandwidth is capped per Client-server connection. Server sees >90Mbps only by connection to several machines
So then…the only real benefit I have for my aggregated workstation links is fail-over
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Wow, thanks for the lightning fast response….and first let me thank you for putting so much info out here. I’ve reaped the benefit from volumes of your guidance and discussion here. So…thank you!
Second let me clear up that I in NO WAY intend to do this myself…we have and use great vendors. Nonetheless, I still want to understand the options as comprehensively as possible, to make the best decision for my company. So I hope some general questions are appropriate for the forum here, and especially that it doesn’t sound like a request for free consulting: trying to keep it general.
I guess what I’m after is a gauge of whether 10GbE via cat6 is worth it’s extra cost….
“I can build a non expandable 10 Gig system with fibre cable for 27 grand. And if you want an expandable system with copper RJ45, it’s closer to 40 grand.”
Very much like my numbers. So…extra for copper, yes? Are you including software costs here?
“None of these systems based on ATTO FastStream or CalDigit Super share ever mention that you need SAN MANAGEMENT software from Tiger Technology, XSAN, or Command Soft Fibre Jet, which cost $995 PER CLIENT, so it adds up very quickly.”
I’m well aware of this and it’s what makes me hesitant to bite on fiber in the first place…both for the immediate cost and because we don’t (yet) employ full time IT staff here. The simpler the system is to manage, the better.
“you are just innocent. You need help.”
Boy are you right on the money there.
It sounds a bit like the gist of your answer is that it’s doable but expensive…is that a fair paraphrase? If more expensive, my partners and bottom line demand an answer to “why?” and this is where I’m having trouble.
My gut tells me that speed, simpler infrastructure, and imminent popularity make cat6 a good idea, but I haven’t worked with it (at 10Gb anyway), and worry that I’m barking up the wrong tree. If I can’t show a real benefit, then I’m obligated to go with the more affordable fiber systems quoted to me.