[rescue] Gigabit ethernet - worth it?

[Julius Sridhar]

What do you intend on using it for?  Is it worth the investment to upgrade
all your stuff to gigabit?  If it is, go for it.  Otherwise, don't.  The
technology is sound.  Not as sound as FDDI, but sound nonetheless.

Peace...  Sridhar

On Sat, 26 Jan 2002, Patrick Giagnocavo wrote:

> Date: Sat, 26 Jan 2002 02:55:22 -0500
> From: Patrick Giagnocavo <patrick at zill.net>
> Reply-To: rescue at sunhelp.org
> To: rescue at sunhelp.org
> Subject: [rescue] Gigabit ethernet - worth it?
>
> I know that Dave would prefer we all use FDDI, but on justdeals.com I
> see gbit ethernet cards for $34.99 and a 5-port gbit switch for $99.99.
>
> What is the collective wisdom of the list concerning this stuff?
>
> The ethernet card appears to be a tigon-based card and has an R4k chip
> on it along with other stuff... supported under *BSD and I think under
> PCI Suns (a version of this card was sold by SGI apparently as well,
> or at least one based on the same chipset).
>
> ./patrick
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