Re: 24 Port RM Gigabit Switches

["Paul Bendall" <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Good point Craig

I believe Gigabit tops out at 50MBps throughput and even a copy to /
from local disks only achieves around 35MBps

Paul


--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, craig <craigc.lists@...> wrote:
>
>
>
> > Anyone using similar or have any comments on the unbranded stuff
?
>
> I don't know you exact setup, but I would go for branded unmanaged,
eg
> GS116, unless you need to setup VLANs etc. The netgear have lifetime
> warranty, may be useful after a thunder/lightning storm ;)
>
> Plug all the gigabit devices in the new switch, keep the old 10/100
for the
> non gigabit devices, eg printers, access point(s), etc
>
> >
> > Also - with CAT5 (not CAT5E) will I get speeds something between
100
> > and
> > 1000 or is it an all or nothing process?
> >
>
> If its terminated correctly, and installed to a reasonable spec it
should
> negotiate at 1000Mb, however I doubt you will actually see a
throughput of
> 1000Mb on devices, due to other hardware constrains, eg PCI bus,
disk speed,
> etc
>



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