Re: How do I know if I need Gigabit?

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From: Les Connor [SBS Community Member] (les.connor_at_DEL.cfive.ca)
Date: 11/22/04 

Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2004 16:22:39 -0600

:-).

What I think does make sense, without having to make any measurements - a
switch with a couple of gigabit ports, and your server(s) lan nics gigabit. 

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Les Connor [SBS Community Member]
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"Allen M" <allenmiyake@majaro.com> wrote in message 
news:%23ilOVCO0EHA.2568@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> Well connecting the workstations to the Gigabit switch would not imporve 
> WS performance if they are not equipped with a Gigabit adapter. However I 
> have a small network also and do have my servers talking to each other 
> through a 5 port gigabit switch. Does it improve performance? Probably. 
> Did I record or view performance logs or take measurements? Not!!!! Did it 
> sound cool and necessary and made me look good when I told my boss? Of 
> course it did.
>
>
> "Brandon S." <bsmith@presentationsdirect.nospam.com> wrote in message 
> news:OAFVhtN0EHA.1396@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
>>I have one SBS 2003 server and one Windows 2003 Server.  How do I know if 
>>a Gigabit switch connecting the two servers and then connecting the 
>>workstations to that switch will help performance?  Only the servers would 
>>run at Gigabit speed, the workstations at 100Mb.
>>
>> I don't want to just throw out money for no reason if I won't see 
>> performance improvement on a rather small network (15 workstations).
>>
>> -- 
>> Brandon
>> IT Director
>> Presentations Direct - Office Equipment & Supplies
>> http://www.presentationsdirect.com
>>
>>
>
>

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