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alexrgl
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Contributor

Please recommend two 8 port switch for iscsi

I need two 8 port gigabit switch for my MD3000i and 3 dell servers.

Which switches provide maximum performance?

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amvmware
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Expert

I think you will struggle for such a small switch for business use - netgear do cheap and cheerful desktop switches. I would go back to the dell web site and buy 2 from them - they will probably be 16/24 port switches but you will get the performance and features you are looking for.

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alexrgl
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Contributor

I think the switch Dell PowerConnect 2808 is suitable for this

Can I enable JF and Flow Control at the same time on this switch?
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rickardnobel
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Champion

E2520-8G-PoE.jpg

Perhaps look at the HP line, for example the HP 2520-8G-PoE supports Jumbo Frames and Flow Control (and many other cool features like VLAN, port aggregation, 802.1p priority and more.)

http://h18000.www1.hp.com/products/quickspecs/13525_div/13525_div.HTML

My VMware blog: www.rickardnobel.se
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AndreTheGiant
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Immortal

You need at least two switches for a iSCSI configuration for storage HA.

Andrew | http://about.me/amauro | http://vinfrastructure.it/ | @Andrea_Mauro
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