[Gllug] Buying a switch (a sort of repost/recap on an old thread)

[James Courtier-Dutton]

On 8 February 2010 23:38, Richard Jones <rich at annexia.org> wrote:
>
> Thanks to everyone who answered.  In the end I opted for:
>
> - 3Com Baseline 2920
>  http://www.3com.com/products/en_US/detail.jsp?tab=features&sku=3CRBSG2093&pathtype=purchase
>
> 16 port semi-managed gigE switch from a reputable company (although
> they have now been bought by HP).  Does VLANs but not firewalls.
> Supports port aggregation & jumbo frames, both of which I'd like to
> play with.  Seems to have reasonable switching capacity so I should be
> able to shift multi-gig VM images around very quickly.
>

Why does shifting multi-gig VM images around need any VLANs?
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