On Tue, 30 Oct 2001, Paul Rech wrote: > I need a high speed network connection between 2 database servers on > IBM Netfinity servers. What are my options and what hardware do I > need? > > I was looking to gigabit ethernet first, as I figured it would be the > cheapest. But a sysadmin I know said he wasn't sure but he thought > about $4,000 for two cards and a switch. I believe you could just throw in two Netgear gigabit cards and a crossover cable.. run you about $400 total. Not positive, though.. never actually done crossover on gig-e.. anyone know for sure that it works? -- Nate Carlson <natecars at real-time.com> | Phone : (952)943-8700 http://www.real-time.com | Fax : (952)943-8500