[c-nsp] 2960-24TT-L or larger?

[Adrian Chadd]

On Thu, Apr 19, 2007, Adam Greene wrote:

> I think a WS-C2960-24TT-L will be an adequate switch to tie the sectors and 
> the backhaul together at the repeater, but I'd be interested in real-world 
> experience as to whether this switch will start to melt at those bandwidth 
> levels. Customers will be businesses mainly engaging in typical Internet 
> traffic (HTTP / FTP / SMTP / POP3 / VoIP). There may need to be some QoS 
> marking / queuing going on at the switch as well.

It'll take that 100mbit and chew on it a little, spitting it back out without
a care in the world. Ie - no worries. Of course, it depends if your customers
will be throwing a lot more traffic between each other than out to the internet;
how many VLANs you have to run, STP/QoS requirements, etc.

But it definitely won't melt at 100mbit.

> I guess the next step up would be the WS-C3560-24TS-S. Like the 
> WS-C2960-24TT-L it's rated at 6.5 Mpps but unlike the 2960 it has twice the 
> switching fabric (32 Gbps vs 16 Gbps). Not sure if this really makes any 
> difference in this application.

The really big difference is the L3'ness of the 3560 vs the 2960.
The 2960 has QoS queueing and some marking but the 3560 is much richer.
(In price and features.)




Adrian