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Re: 10GE TOR port buffers (was Re: 10G switch recommendaton)


From: bas <kilobit () gmail com>
Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2012 00:24:06 +0100

On Sat, Jan 28, 2012 at 12:01 AM, George Bonser <gbonser () seven com> wrote:
Going to 4 10G aggregated uplinks instead of 2 might get you a much better performance boost than increasing buffers.
But it really depends on the end to end application.

Also these TOR boxes go to my (more expensive ASR9K and MX) boxes, so
from an CAPEX standpoint I simply do not want to give them more ports
than required.


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