Quote Originally Posted by mxcreep
...Open-E for itself seems to perform ok...it's a bit slower than the Equalogic but the pricing is different as well. We have also thought about 10Gbit interfaces, but at the moment 12/24 port 10Gbit switches are still very expensive. For myself I would like to give infiniband a try since this is less expensive and has greater bandwidth...
Are you sure that Infiniband is faster than 10Gb? My research shows that they run at exactly the same speed, both at a hardware and throughput level.

As for pricing, your right about that; a Fujitsu XG700 12 port 10Gb CX4 switch has a street price of $7600 USD, while a Qlogic 9024 SilverStorm 24 port switch can be had for $4000.


Sean