5 Dec
2014
5 Dec
'14
8:11 p.m.
On Thu, Dec 04, 2014 at 09:08:02AM -0600, Andrew Hoyos wrote:
Virtual Chassis backplane is only 128Gbps (2x64Gbps), which seems like alot, but given how much of traffic the exchange is doing,> could quickly become an oversubscribed bottleneck.
Or just move to 4550's at $9K each + cables for 256Gbps (2x128Gbps) stacking, and even add in the QSFP module for 40Gbps additional capacity. This is all resolvable with money - money from port fees would have covered this. Poking the dead-horse that really is alive and kicking. Leading from behind! I am Hindmost, back-seat driver, and overall captain obvious.. -- Mike Horwath, reachable via drechsau@Geeks.ORG