On Tue, 31 Jan 2012 04:18:44 -0600, Stan Hoeppner wrote: > 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.
Uh? > 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 Oh, I see... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/10_Gigabit_Ethernet#10GBASE-CX4 Never heard about this before. >> 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. (...) Dude, calm down... I did not realize it was a specific kind of 10 gigabit adapter for HPC computing requirements and more specifically a module for connecting switches. Greetings, -- Camaleón -- 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/jg96ue$6o6$5...@dough.gmane.org
