Re: [cobalt-users] Switch or Hub w/ RaQ3 co-lo rack?

[Kris Dahl <krislists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

on 8/17/00 3:14 PM, Henry J. Cobb at hcobb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

>> The 2924XL is a *awesome* switch.
> 
> I just have a very hard time getting worked up about a switch.
> 
> IMNSHO, the best place to measure bandwidth is at the firewall, just
> upstream from a simple, affordable and reliable switch.

That is partially true.  Yet most co-location providers that I am aware of
do their metering at the switch.  Thing is that a switch that has the
taglines 'simple & affordable' often doesn't have the tagline 'reliable'.
If you want reliable, go with the 2924XL.  Probably the most reliable switch
you can get for less than $2000.

> Even better would be to firewall each of your clients off from each other
> on their own dedicated machine, but any Cabal, er Cobalt hoster must have
> setup price, rather than TCO as their primary metric, no?

This is the point to keep in mind.  What is the likelyhood that the
originator of this thread is going to be willing to put in a full-featured
firewall and monitoring package?  Not very.

-k