[elvis1]

seems liek we all have the same opinion over here

[freshwire]

I have an 8 port gigabit switch here, capable of 16Gbps bandwidth, that's every port maxed out, and it costs £100 RRP. The only difference with OVH's switches would be more ports, faster uplink port(s) and more configuration options. I agree 10Gbps stuff costs a lot, but OVH's and most datacenters will have a fair number of them throughout the complex, so I doubt it would matter cost wise when they have to buy them anyway

*steals* ... mmm I have a lovely 8 port gigabit switch here, capable they claim of 16Gbps

[Myatu]

Silly people... 10Gbit is so passé! http://www.reuters.com/article/press...009+BW20090323

[Andy]

I have an 8 port gigabit switch here, capable of 16Gbps bandwidth, that's every port maxed out, and it costs £100 RRP. The only difference with OVH's switches would be more ports, faster uplink port(s) and more configuration options. I agree 10Gbps stuff costs a lot, but OVH's and most datacenters will have a fair number of them throughout the complex, so I doubt it would matter cost wise when they have to buy them anyway

[elvis1]

according to that 2007 paper each 10 gig port costs 400 bucks (US) and can accomodate 10 clients ( transferring at max).. its not real money..not to mention THAT: OVH would have its customers commit for a full year of the service and this platform can last them many years (guessing here)

[Andy]

I was referring to wackomoo

[elvis1]

The swich can yes, but not necessarily the uplink, but the rack switches will likely have at least 10Gbps, and how many people are going to max their internal bandwidth all the time? I can guess not that many.

By the way, your math is a little wrong. You would need 48Gbps uplink on the switch to max every port The switches may very well have 2x10Gbps or 4x10Gbps uplinks. It wouldn't be uncommon.

If you are talking to me: I did not mention any math.. but take a look at this math

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/11...hernet_switch/

http://www.nyquistcapital.com/2007/1...-10gbe-switch/

If a datacenter cant spend some bucks in switching equipment to max thier clients internal transfer speed then they are not worth it!


FYI: 10tb.com (uk2 owned) has their racks connected each to 10 gigs switches ( not to mention they dont fool around with uk2 to uk2 speeds and so on.. their mentioned speeds are for transit)

au revoir :P

[slayer2005]

Ha ha, it is, I am a fan of the new systems where we have set limits at full speed. Just be nice to have the same limits with a bit of extra grunt.

Now where is my 10gbit nic !!!!!! If OVH do them in the future slayer will not need one as I'm sending him my old dial up modem, free of charge of course.

I always new you cared

[hyster]

When is it ever going to be fast enuf lol

Ha ha, it is, I am a fan of the new systems where we have set limits at full speed. Just be nice to have the same limits with a bit of extra grunt.

Now where is my 10gbit nic !!!!!! If OVH do them in the future slayer will not need one as I'm sending him my old dial up modem, free of charge of course.

[Andy]

The swich can yes, but not necessarily the uplink, but the rack switches will likely have at least 10Gbps, and how many people are going to max their internal bandwidth all the time? I can guess not that many.

By the way, your math is a little wrong. You would need 48Gbps uplink on the switch to max every port The switches may very well have 2x10Gbps or 4x10Gbps uplinks. It wouldn't be uncommon.

[elvis1]

When is it ever going to be fast enuf lol

Im only askin' for internal transfer speed increase.

Why would I want more speed for internal traffic? Most likely as I am willing to have >1 server rented ( which means more $ for ovh at virtually no cost )

[wackomoo]

Really? Every switch can handle every server using gbit, including uplinks? 48 ports * 100mbit = 10gbit uplink, which is normal. 48ports*1000mbit=5x10gbit uplinks, which not many switches have...

[slayer2005]

When is it ever going to be fast enuf lol

[hyster]

I agree having the gbit port would be good, I would prefer it on all connections with the data limits set within my contracts.

[elvis1]

OVH already have heavy duty switches Each switch can handle the full speed from every port at the same time, so it wouldn't need any upgrade really.

thats my point and Andy has much more knowledge to me and has supported my statement

[Andy]

OVH already have heavy duty switches Each switch can handle the full speed from every port at the same time, so it wouldn't need any upgrade really.

[wackomoo]

if many servers have 1gbit internal traffic - that will require ovh to have much more heavy-duty switches... which arent cheap. So I can understand their reasoning.


But it WOULD be nice to have gbit

[elvis1]

internal traffic does not cost ovh a penny ( you already have the needed infrastructure) and in this case it would be auto payed ( the cost of the gigabit NIC) with the anual payment!


You could even delay this as they would be special requests and we would understand

[elvis1]

the info helps but having a 1gbit port for best of would be a lovely killer ( not asking for extra speed for transit, just local peering of other boxes, lets say ovh to ovh)..
how about a reward for clients paying a whole year upfront?

[Neil]

Hi

It is not possible for an SP Server to have a 1Gbit Connection, if you require a server with a 1Gbit Connection you will need to purchase an EG Server above or get a Kimsufi server with a 1Gbit addon.

Hope that helps,

Neil

[elvis1]

hi guys! I am willing to know if there is an option for the SuperPlan BestOF to have a 1gbit nic ( I am planning to use it to connect to other boxes in side ovh), how can this be made?