----- Original Message ----- | > The Dell 6224 or 6248 switches are priced low | | Hmmm, we seem to have different definitions of "priced low" :-) | | http://search.dell.com/results.aspx?s=bsd&c=ca&l=en&cs=cabsdt1&k=PowerConnect+6224&cat=all&x=0&y=0 | | $2000 for the 24 port. | | I can get a Cisco small business switch for less than 1/4 that. | Speaking of which, would this one be OK for iSCSI? | | http://www.shoprbc.com/ca/shop/product_details.php?pid=71436 LOL! Cisco. If I told you that that particular device used to be called Linksys, would it change your opinion of the device? I've got a Linksys ADSL gateway that I'm quite sure couldn't keep up with the Dell. In fact, I used to have that *exact* Linksys device and it died within 18 months and it's performance sucked! -- James A. Peltier Manager, IT Services - Research Computing Group Simon Fraser University - Burnaby Campus Phone : 778-782-6573 Fax : 778-782-3045 E-Mail : jpeltier at sfu.ca Website : http://www.sfu.ca/itservices http://blogs.sfu.ca/people/jpeltier I will do the best I can with the talent I have