<div dir="ltr">Finally found this link I was looking for.  VERY helpful for this purpose.<div><br></div><div><a href="http://people.ucsc.edu/~warner/buffer.html">http://people.ucsc.edu/~warner/buffer.html</a><br></div><img src="http://t.strk03.email/e1t/o/5/f18dQhb0S7ks8dDMPbW2n0x6l2B9gXrN7sKj6v4f40zVcV_H27fctYzW2B8ht-3LvrVvW79qQGr1k1H6H0?si=4640016326721536&pi=87c4d6f7-bd82-4285-d9e2-ebacd2a58292" style="display:none!important" height="1" width="1"></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><font color="#002060" style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"><font color="#1F497D" face="Calibri,sans-serif" size="3"><p style="margin:0px;font-size:13px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(32,73,125)"><br>...Skeeve</p><p style="margin:0px;font-size:13px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(32,73,125)"><br>--</p><p style="margin:0px;font-size:13px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(32,73,125)">Skeeve Stevens - <span style="font-size:12.8000001907349px">The ISP Guy</span></p></font></font><font color="#002060" style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"><font color="#1F497D" face="Calibri,sans-serif" size="3"><p style="margin:0px;font-size:13px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(32,73,125)">Email: <a href="mailto:skeeve@theispguy.com" target="_blank">skeeve@theispguy.com</a> ; <span style="font-size:12.8000001907349px">Twitter: </span><a href="http://t.strk03.email/e1t/c/5/f18dQhb0S7lC8dDMPbW2n0x6l2B9nMJW7t5XX43LyyXnW4X9_h03N1zK2W653gwx56dStDf4-GSnR02?t=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2FTheISPGuy&si=4640016326721536&pi=87c4d6f7-bd82-4285-d9e2-ebacd2a58292" style="font-size:12.8000001907349px" target="_blank">@TheISPGuy</a></p></font></font><div style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"><span style="font-size:12.8000001907349px;color:rgb(32,73,125);font-family:Calibri">Blog: <a href="http://t.strk03.email/e1t/c/5/f18dQhb0S7lC8dDMPbW2n0x6l2B9nMJW7t5XX43LyyXnW4X9_h03N1zK2W653gwx56dStDf4-GSnR02?t=http%3A%2F%2Ftheispguy.com%2F&si=4640016326721536&pi=87c4d6f7-bd82-4285-d9e2-ebacd2a58292" target="_blank">TheISPGuy.com</a> ; Facebook: </span><font color="#20497d" face="Calibri"><a href="http://t.strk03.email/e1t/c/5/f18dQhb0S7lC8dDMPbW2n0x6l2B9nMJW7t5XX43LyyXnW4X9_h03N1zK2W653gwx56dStDf4-GSnR02?t=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Ftheispguy&si=4640016326721536&pi=87c4d6f7-bd82-4285-d9e2-ebacd2a58292" target="_blank">TheISPGuy</a></font><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"><font color="#002060"><font color="#1F497D" face="Calibri,sans-serif" size="3"><p style="margin:0px;font-size:13px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(32,73,125)">Linkedin: <a href="http://t.strk03.email/e1t/c/5/f18dQhb0S7lC8dDMPbW2n0x6l2B9nMJW7t5XX43LyyXnW4X9_h03N1zK2W653gwx56dStDf4-GSnR02?t=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fin%2Fskeeve&si=4640016326721536&pi=87c4d6f7-bd82-4285-d9e2-ebacd2a58292" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">/in/skeeve</a> ; <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">Expert360: </span><a href="http://t.strk03.email/e1t/c/5/f18dQhb0S7lC8dDMPbW2n0x6l2B9nMJW7t5XX43LyyXnW4X9_h03N1zK2W653gwx56dStDf4-GSnR02?t=https%3A%2F%2Fexpert360.com%2Fprofile%2Fd54a9&si=4640016326721536&pi=87c4d6f7-bd82-4285-d9e2-ebacd2a58292" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">Profile</a></p></font></font></div><div><blockquote type="cite" style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"><div style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"><div style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Apr 20, 2015 at 12:28 PM, Skeeve Stevens <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:skeeve+ausnog@theispguy.com" target="_blank">skeeve+ausnog@theispguy.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Honestly... you are going to get what you deserve.<div><br></div><div>While there is such a thing as cheap, value 10Gb ports... it is for connectivity only.</div><div><br></div><div>There is no such thing as this for a well performing iSCSI solution.</div><div><br></div><div>Packet Buffers will kill you on cheap switches. I've seen so many problems with people who go out and buy 10Gb from D-Link, Netgear, Mikrotik, even low end Cisco 2900/Juniper 2200 or 3000 series... they don't have decent packet buffers and you will reach a point if you have decent capacity where you will have problems.</div><div><br></div><div>One of the biggest problems is that vendors don't like to talk about Packet Buffers, because they know it is a weak point. HP was the only one a while ago that happy put the info online on their product pages.</div><div><br></div><div>If you need to do iSCSI, do it right or you will get what you deserve.</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><font color="#002060" style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"><font color="#1F497D" face="Calibri,sans-serif" size="3"><p style="margin:0px;font-size:13px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(32,73,125)"><br>...Skeeve</p><p style="margin:0px;font-size:13px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(32,73,125)"><br>--</p><p style="margin:0px;font-size:13px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(32,73,125)">Skeeve Stevens - <span style="font-size:12.8000001907349px">The ISP Guy</span></p></font></font><font color="#002060" style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"><font color="#1F497D" face="Calibri,sans-serif" size="3"><p style="margin:0px;font-size:13px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(32,73,125)">Email: <a href="mailto:skeeve@theispguy.com" target="_blank">skeeve@theispguy.com</a> ; <span style="font-size:12.8000001907349px">Twitter: </span><a href="http://t.strk03.email/e1t/c/5/f18dQhb0S7lC8dDMPbW2n0x6l2B9nMJW7t5XX43LyyXnW4X9_h03N1zK2W653gwx56dStDf4-GSnR02?t=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2FTheISPGuy&si=4640016326721536&pi=7457179f-380f-4f7e-ac6b-8353834ae5e6" style="font-size:12.8000001907349px" target="_blank">@TheISPGuy</a></p></font></font><div style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"><span style="font-size:12.8000001907349px;color:rgb(32,73,125);font-family:Calibri">Blog: <a href="http://t.strk03.email/e1t/c/5/f18dQhb0S7lC8dDMPbW2n0x6l2B9nMJW7t5XX43LyyXnW4X9_h03N1zK2W653gwx56dStDf4-GSnR02?t=http%3A%2F%2Ftheispguy.com%2F&si=4640016326721536&pi=7457179f-380f-4f7e-ac6b-8353834ae5e6" target="_blank">TheISPGuy.com</a> ; Facebook: </span><font color="#20497d" face="Calibri"><a href="http://t.strk03.email/e1t/c/5/f18dQhb0S7lC8dDMPbW2n0x6l2B9nMJW7t5XX43LyyXnW4X9_h03N1zK2W653gwx56dStDf4-GSnR02?t=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Ftheispguy&si=4640016326721536&pi=7457179f-380f-4f7e-ac6b-8353834ae5e6" target="_blank">TheISPGuy</a></font><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"><font color="#002060"><font color="#1F497D" face="Calibri,sans-serif" size="3"><p style="margin:0px;font-size:13px;font-family:Calibri;color:rgb(32,73,125)">Linkedin: <a href="http://t.strk03.email/e1t/c/5/f18dQhb0S7lC8dDMPbW2n0x6l2B9nMJW7t5XX43LyyXnW4X9_h03N1zK2W653gwx56dStDf4-GSnR02?t=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fin%2Fskeeve&si=4640016326721536&pi=7457179f-380f-4f7e-ac6b-8353834ae5e6" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">/in/skeeve</a> ; <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">Expert360: </span><a href="http://t.strk03.email/e1t/c/5/f18dQhb0S7lC8dDMPbW2n0x6l2B9nMJW7t5XX43LyyXnW4X9_h03N1zK2W653gwx56dStDf4-GSnR02?t=https%3A%2F%2Fexpert360.com%2Fprofile%2Fd54a9&si=4640016326721536&pi=7457179f-380f-4f7e-ac6b-8353834ae5e6" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">Profile</a></p></font></font></div><div><blockquote type="cite" style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"><div style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"><div style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Apr 19, 2015 at 12:47 PM, James Cunningham <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jjazza26@gmail.com" target="_blank">jjazza26@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Hi Guys,<div><br></div><div>Not sure if this is the correct place to ask this question, so apologies in advance - but since most people here run high speed storage networks it is probably relevant.</div><div><br></div><div>Can I have some recommendations for low end, cost effective, 10Gbps switches (for iSCSI use)?</div><div><br></div><div>Only need around 8-10 ports per switch, and all the switches I'm looking at from the likes of Cisco and Juniper are around $20k-$30k a switch - seems pretty extreme really. I'm looking at deploying 2 x 10Gbps iSCSI switches for a client for a small VMware project, and am looking for suitable switches.</div><div><br></div><div>Looking for suggestions for a half decent switch to use here - doesn't have to be top of the line with heaps of features, just something very basic, as long as it's 10Gbps and has at least 8 ports.</div><div><br></div><div>Looking at the Netgear XS712T, these are around the $2k mark, which is in the ballpark of what I need. Looked at the Netgear XSM7224 and DELL N4032, but these are around the $5k mark per switch (but granted 24 ports with dual power supplies)</div><div><br></div><div>Suggestions anyone?</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks</div><span><font color="#888888"><div><br></div><div>James</div></font></span></div>
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