[geeks] wtb: 2x sbus qfe

[alex j avriette]

> How well can Crimson's take advantage of HIPPI?  I was under the 
> impression

to be honest, setting hippi up is only to be able to say i have done it. 
i think it would be rather novel to have around too, but its lower on 
the priority list for me than gige.

> that they were severely limited in bandwidth.  I heard somelike like 
> only
> 64megs/sec over the backplane?  I probably should have taken the time to
> verify it, but considering the age, it might be reasonable.

i guess that might be reasonable, but from what i understand sgi's 
machines are all real beefy backplane wise. it would surprise me.

>> the network. this would allow me to retire the two pc's currently doing
>> the job, and let them do what sambo says is the only thing theyre fit 
>> to
>> do: be cheap fileservers.
>
>> it would make me very very happy. i see qfe's on ebay for $100-150...
>> anyone have a pair theyre trying to get rid of? or need the $$?
>
> That is a lot of money to spend, and I remeber them being more 
> expensive.

no, buying a 20-cpu octane is spending a lot of money. simplifying my 
office this much is well worth it to do it right.

> And this still doesn't help you when GIGE gets set up.  For what you 
> describe,

yeah. this is bugging me. i'm planning on buying the new powerbook here, 
and its going to have gige. and my new mac at work will have gige, and 
the cards are coming down too. what i really need is 2-3 switches and a 
router, but theyre so damn expensive that its really cheaper (and more 
fun) to set up one sparc with 2 qfe's.

> I wonder if a modular router might be better.  I have no experience 
> here, but
> if I were in your spot, I'd investigate it.  Affordable ones probably 
> won't
> ever do gige though.

yup. i get the feeling here when you say 'affordable' you mean in the 
kilobuck neighborhood.

alex

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