Article Review “It’s Time to Get our 10 Gig On: A spate of new products is putting high-performance 10-Gbps Ethernet within reach of almost every organization that wants it. “
By Art Wittmann posted on InformationWeek November 16, 2011
This article discusses new products that are available to allow companies to switch from 1 Gbps to 10 Gbps Ethernet. They advances are mainly due to advances in merchant silicon that have improved density. The good thing about this is that is significantly reduces the price per port making now a good time for companies to upgrade.
It specifically identifies the following new technology products:
- IBM RackSwitch G8316 - 40-Gbps, 16-port aggregation switch in a 1U form factor. According to IBM if you combine it with the G8264 at the access layer, it can accommodate up to 64 1/10-Gbps SFP+ ports, therefore this is a good choice for density.
- Cisco Nexus new line cards - 48 1/10-Gbps SFP+ ports, which provide a very flat data center network with up to 768 ports in a 7018 chassis.
- Arista 7050 - fixed-configuration switch with 48 1/10-Gbps ports and four 40-Gbps uplinks. It’s even more economical than Cisco, but Arista is a newer company.
The article also notes that there are many other vendors also releasing upgraded data center and campus networking products with both 10- and 40-Gbps Ethernet ports at much higher density.
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