[c-nsp] daisy-chain hop limit

[Nick Hilliard]

On 14/03/2011 17:42, Paul Wozney wrote:
> Scalability?  none.
> Performance?  poor.
> Stability?  questionable.

Maybe I shouldn't have phrased my last email like I did.  Let me rephrase 
in language which doesn't involve mildly amused understatement:

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Your proposed network structure is nothing short of a disaster waiting to 
happen.  The question is not whether it will break, but *when* it will 
break, and whether it will be possible resuscitate it after it breaks.  If 
you go ahead with your plans to build a network like this, your management 
will be fully justified in firing you for causing substantial and prolonged 
business disruption.

Do yourself a favour and hire a competent network consultant to advise you. 
  There are lots of ways to make networks work well.  Your proposal is not 
one of them.
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apologies for being so blunt about this, but you will do yourself and your 
organisation no favours by daisy-chaining 28 switches.

Nick