[Gllug] [OT]switch question.

[Peter Adamson]

My new company (have job now ;))
is about to upgrade its servers.
I've just been spending over a day installing RH linux on them all.....

I have a little question about switches.

We have 16 computers in groups of 4.
One option is to have all 4 computers in a group each have a connection 
to a switch,

Or have 3 computers in a group connect to the 4th compuetr, which then 
maintains a connection to the switch.

Then end result is either 16 computers talking to the switch, or 4 
computers talking to the switch.
Is there any difference?

The 4 computers talking to the switch _feels_ better,  is there a better 
reason for having this?
Are there any good web pages out there (been trying google all day but 
nothing of relevance)

cheers,
Peter


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