On 1/30/2012 10:15 AM, Camaleón wrote: > On Sun, 22 Jan 2012 15:38:45 -0600, Stan Hoeppner wrote: > >> On 1/22/2012 11:45 AM, hvw59601 wrote: >> >>> So I check NewEgg: >>> >>> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833122392 10Gb/s: >>> >>> Check that price! $279.99 Holy Cow! And that's the cheapest one! >> >> You're either a moron or a troll. Which is it? > > Is not a bad price for a 10 Gbps card.
It's not a card for Pete's sake! It's a CX4 switch module. Hence my "moron" comment. Why is everyone but me unable to know what this device is simple by looking at the picture? Maybe this will help: http://www.netgear.com/business/products/switches/fully-managed-switches/switch-modules/AX744.aspx > Other than that, I wonder why someone would need a 10 Gbps card without a > network infrastructure that supports it. It's ironic that you mention "network infrastructure" in your next sentence, after failing to realize what the mentioned product is--it IS infrastructure. This CX4 module plugs into the back of Netgear switches. It is used for linking two switch stacks together within a rack or adjacent/nearby racks via a large expensive CX4 copper cable, or connecting a high performance server or iSCSI NAS appliance to a switch stack within the datacenter. CX4 is limited to a 15 meter cable length, about 50 feet. It is rarely used for connecting equipment more than a few racks apart as fiber or UTP is much more friendly to use in overhead raceways. The cable cost is very high, $100 for a 10ft cable. -- Stan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4f27c004.5040...@hardwarefreak.com
