[Imc-tech] 100BaseT card

[Clint Popetz]

On Tue, Mar 11, 2003 at 01:25:02PM -0600, Zachary C. Miller wrote:
> 3COM 10BT/100BTX/1000BT PCI-X 3C996B-T GIGABIT SERVER CARD 
> $138.16
> 
> 3COM 10BT/100BTX/1000BT PCI-X 3C996B-T GIGABIT SERVER CARD 5-PK
> $599.51 
 
> D-LINK 1000BTX 8-PORT DGS1008T UNMANAGED GIGA SWITCH (ports
> autonegotiate 10/100/1000).
> $358.61
> 
> So if 10 people coule chip in $50 each our production lab could really
> fly and we'd have room for expansion. 

Err, ten people at $50 gives $500, which isn't enough to get the hub and two
cards...

That's why I suggested 100BaseT :)  

I'd love to be at GigE, but for audio files of <500MB, 100BaseT means
less than a minute of transfer time, which seems reasonable.  Truth be
told, the I/O controllers, hard discs, and Win2k would probably crap
out before we make out 100BaseT.

(I know I just recently told you I wanted to go to GigE as a wish
list, and I still do, but for the forseeable future 100BaseT and a
decent server will suffice.)

				-Clint