Networking infrastructure for modern compute environments.

Start with what needs to connect, the number of systems, expected speed, and any equipment that must remain in place.

For most general compute and storage networks, Ethernet is the practical default: broad supply, familiar operations and a wide range of speeds. For tightly coupled training clusters and some HPC workloads, InfiniBand is chosen for latency and collective communication behaviour.

The decision is rarely purely technical. Operational familiarity, existing switching, support model and supply availability all count. Where it is genuinely open, stating that invites both options to be quoted.

Networking is sourced alongside the compute it serves, so port counts, NICs and optics are reconciled against the systems rather than quoted in isolation. Requirements stay manufacturer-neutral unless an existing environment makes a specific platform necessary.