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Re: Arista Routing Solutions


From: Tom Hill <tom () ninjabadger net>
Date: Sat, 23 Apr 2016 18:52:34 +0100

On 20/04/16 15:37, Colton Conor wrote:
Can the Arista EOS software combine with their hardware based on the
Broadcom Jericho chipset truly compete  with the custom chipsets and
accompanying software from the big guys?

In broad strokes: for your money you're either getting port density, or
more features per port. The only difference here is that there's
suddenly more TCAM on the device, and I still don't see the above
changing too drastically.

If it works* for you, use it. :)


* Assuming that you've done your due diligence before purchasing, and
not just skim-read the vendor PDF.

-- 
Tom


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