I’m a big fan of the QFX option if we’re going to buy new hardware. They’ve been rock solid and they’re very price attractive. Owen
On Sep 20, 2016, at 08:29 , Andrew Hoyos <hoyosa@gmail.com> wrote:
On Sep 20, 2016, at 10:18 AM, Mike Horwath <drechsau@GEEKS.ORG> wrote:
On Tue, Sep 20, 2016 at 09:49:48AM -0500, Levi Pederson wrote:
A full chassis 8200 and 9200 would be a solid upgrade for all pertinent points.
I don't agree.
Also don’t agree with the 8200/9200. Most line cards on the 8200 and 9200 are oversub’d anyway, and the space/ports ratio isn’t great.
Cost per port is high compared to running with 4500/45550 setup and can stack 10 deep as it is.
I don’t know if I necessarily agree here either. The VC will quickly become a bottleneck if not already (32gb unidirectional traffic). Also, no support for 40/100g.
If money is being spent, something like an Arista 7504 or Juniper QFX 5100/5200’s would make more sense here and allow for some growth not entirely based on "more 10g ports".
-- Andrew Hoyos hoyosa@gmail.com