Comments on: Synthetic Testing of Automatic Transmissions http://www.douglasgourlay.com/blog/2010/02/synthetic-testing-of-automatic-transmissions/ Data Centers, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing Sun, 02 May 2010 01:04:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Douglas Gourlay http://www.douglasgourlay.com/blog/2010/02/synthetic-testing-of-automatic-transmissions/comment-page-1/#comment-281 Douglas Gourlay Fri, 26 Feb 2010 06:39:00 +0000 http://www.douglasgourlay.com/blog/?p=175#comment-281 ouch! :) Which one did I design that does not support 1/10GbE? Just want to ake sure it is one I worked on... (although I did work on quite a few...) ouch! :)

Which one did I design that does not support 1/10GbE? Just want to ake sure it is one I worked on… (although I did work on quite a few…)

]]> By: midnitedew http://www.douglasgourlay.com/blog/2010/02/synthetic-testing-of-automatic-transmissions/comment-page-1/#comment-280 midnitedew Thu, 25 Feb 2010 05:26:03 +0000 http://www.douglasgourlay.com/blog/?p=175#comment-280 I used to respect you until you started blogging crap like this. Hmm, why doesnt the DC switch you designed support 1/10GE. Doh! I used to respect you until you started blogging crap like this. Hmm, why doesnt the DC switch you designed support 1/10GE. Doh!

]]> By: PHY Guy http://www.douglasgourlay.com/blog/2010/02/synthetic-testing-of-automatic-transmissions/comment-page-1/#comment-269 PHY Guy Sun, 14 Feb 2010 03:23:58 +0000 http://www.douglasgourlay.com/blog/?p=175#comment-269 Here's one possible explanation of how it "makes sense" for the Cat6k 10GBASE-T blade to only support 10G mode: who wants to spend $1,400 on a 1G port?!?!?! Seriously, anyone who thinks that retro-bolting a sinfully expensive "10GBASE-T" card (which isn't anywhere near line-rate, and can't link up with anything except 10G link partners) into their decrepit Cat6k is "investment protection" should check out the Arista 48-port 10GBASE-T switch: for about the same price, you'll get 48 LINE-RATE 10G ports capable of 10G/1G/100M -- 12x the performance, and infinitely more flexible! The annual SMARTnet support cost on a Cat6k is about the same $$$ as buying a higher-performance Arista switch! So if you're a big Cat6k customer, you might consider letting your SMARTnet lapse on one or two of your Cat6ks, and taking that money to try out a couple of Arista boxes... Here’s one possible explanation of how it “makes sense” for the Cat6k 10GBASE-T blade to only support 10G mode: who wants to spend $1,400 on a 1G port?!?!?!

Seriously, anyone who thinks that retro-bolting a sinfully expensive “10GBASE-T” card (which isn’t anywhere near line-rate, and can’t link up with anything except 10G link partners) into their decrepit Cat6k is “investment protection” should check out the Arista 48-port 10GBASE-T switch: for about the same price, you’ll get 48 LINE-RATE 10G ports capable of 10G/1G/100M — 12x the performance, and infinitely more flexible!

The annual SMARTnet support cost on a Cat6k is about the same $$$ as buying a higher-performance Arista switch!

So if you’re a big Cat6k customer, you might consider letting your SMARTnet lapse on one or two of your Cat6ks, and taking that money to try out a couple of Arista boxes…

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