[Info-vax] fibrechannel

[glen herrmannsfeldt]

Phillip Helbig---undress to reply <helbig at astro.multiclothesvax.de> wrote:
> Having recently obtained some new (for me) hardware, I'm wondering if it 
> is worth the trouble (now, that means mainly the question whether it can 
> be done quickly) to have connections other than ethernet (which 
> currently carries everything) among the machines.  Is it simply a matter 
> of sticking in a card and having it just work out of the box or does one 
> have a lot of configuration to do?

The RX2600 has gigabit ethernet, which should be fast enough
for most uses. It might be that some gigabit ethernet cards
could be used with Alpha systems. VAX likely isn't fast enough
to bother.

-- glen