Re: Recommendations for gigabit switches?

Joseph Bishay <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.linux.redhat.k12osn
Message-ID <CAAQsohAtC+nYPj+Vpdt0Cy1N73OACJgbzZ=xHebWxB+FRsSNxw@mail.gmail.com>
Hello,


On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 5:33 PM, John Oligario <[email protected]> wrote:
> Here is a place to look:
> http://www.enterprisestorageforum.com/technology/features/article.php/11192_
> 2211021_1
>
> an unmanaged switch is 'dumb' data in, data out. You have no control of
> ports, of systems not being able to talk with each other, ie ftp mail sql
> etc

I do understand the different between the unmanaged vs. managed
switches in terms of controls, vlans, etc.  I guess my question more
accurately is, in an LTSP environment (thin clients connecting to
server) why do I need a managed server?

thank you
Joseph

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