[tech] Re: UCC uplink network upgrade

[David Cake]

At 12:21 PM +0800 19/6/03, Nick Bannon wrote:
>So... Any updates?

	At this stage, I am going to try for 4 core fibre, with the 
second pairs purely as a backup. I am undecided about Alloy vs DLink 
switches - I wish I had more idea about how the various switches will 
actually perform in action. The Alloys in particular are a bit of an 
unknown quantity.
	Reliability is my main concern about the switches, providing 
we have the requisite VLAN support etc. I don't care much about 100 
vs gig ether (though it seems important to Nick, I think there is a 
very little to gain from it), or about minor cost differences.
	Cheers
		David