Re: [TECH] Pica8 & Cumulus Networks

[James Downs <egon () egon cc>]

> On Nov 1, 2015, at 23:53, Yoann THOMAS <ythomas () castle-it fr> wrote:

> Under a Cloud project I ask myself to use equipment based on the Pica8 or Cumulus Networks.

We’ve had some great conversations with Cumulus, but more generally, I think you need to look at the cloud project’s 
goals. Those should help inform your decision making process. Specifically, what are your SDN and generally, networking 
needs and use cases.

> All in order to mount a Spine & Leaf architecture
>
> - Spine 40Gbps
> - Leaf in 10Gbps

In a new cloud deployment of any size, you probably want more than 10G to the compute servers, especially if you’re 
carrying storage traffic.

> Someone of you there a feedback on this equipment.
>
> Regards,
>
> Yoann THOMAS
> CTO - Castle-IT

Cheers,
-j