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Re: Force10 Gear - Opinions
From: Jo Rhett <jrhett () netconsonance com>
Date: Thu, 4 Sep 2008 10:10:19 -0700
On Sep 4, 2008, at 10:03 AM, Paul Wall wrote:
You and I (and any real network operator) must have different definitions of"forward at line rate"."forwards a gig-e full of 64 byte packets, random src/dst, when you hook a smartbits/ixia up to it" is mine. What's yours?
Forwards a mixed bag of small and large packets from tens of thousands of streams (not random)
1. at sub-millisecond latency 2. no packet loss at full line rate on multiple ports3. deals appropriately with multiple ports at full line rate leading to a single port
And finally, is responsive to operator control even when full line rate is directed at switch itself.
Note the "not random" comment. People love to use the random feature of ixia/etc but it rarely displays actual performance in a production network.
-- Jo RhettNet Consonance : consonant endings by net philanthropy, open source and other randomness
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- Re: Force10 Gear - Opinions Anton Kapela (Sep 05)
- Re: Force10 Gear - Opinions Jo Rhett (Sep 11)
- Re: Force10 Gear - Opinions Rubens Kuhl Jr. (Sep 04)
- Re: Force10 Gear - Opinions jim deleskie (Sep 04)
- Re: Force10 Gear - Opinions Paul Wall (Sep 03)
- Re: Force10 Gear - Opinions Joel Jaeggli (Sep 03)
- Re: Force10 Gear - Opinions Jo Rhett (Sep 04)
- Re: Force10 Gear - Opinions Paul Wall (Sep 04)
- Re: Force10 Gear - Opinions Jo Rhett (Sep 04)
- Re: Force10 Gear - Opinions jim deleskie (Sep 03)
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