a slightly strange request

[Karl Goetz]

On Wed, 2008-01-23 at 09:09 +0100, Uwe Geercken wrote:
> funnyly enough, we have the same problem. when I first brought the  
> ltsp server in the computerroom, after a while a teacher came in to  
> give a lesson (not computer related) and I thought "the server is very  
> noisy" and I wanted to shut it down (we were in the initial testing  
> phase). It was only then that I realized, that it is the switch that  
> is so noisy and after talking to different people they indicated that  
> it really disturbs, especially when a test is written in that class.

hi both :)
We have ~ 20 clients attached to a 24port 100mb+2gigabits (either
ethernet or fiber plugs).
100mb has been fine to the clients, thankfully the switch backplane is ~
3.6gb, so we have heaps of room for the clients.

do you put > 100mb over your client links, or would a similar switch
work for you? the one meantioned above is a netgear.
kk

> 
> I would be interested to hear about a recommendation too.
> 
> rgds,
> 
> uwe
> 
> 
> Quoting Sameer Verma <sverma at sfsu.edu>:
> 
> > This is a bit peripheral. We have a LTSP/Ubuntu lab with 32 client
> > machines and one dual Xeon server. This room was fitted with two gigabit
> > Ethernet switches from 3Com. What we didn't realize is the noise level
> > of the fans in the switches is pretty high! In fact, it is so high that
> > students sitting near them cannot follow the instructor.
> >
> > Does anyone have recommendations on quiet(er) 24 port gigabit switches?
> >
> > cheers,
> > Sameer
> >
> > --

> 
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Karl Goetz <karl at kgoetz.id.au>