[c-nsp] 6500 vs Packeteer

Murphy, William William.Murphy at uth.tmc.edu
Tue Feb 19 12:20:44 EST 2008


Anyone have any input on the pros & cons of 6500 QoS vs Packeteer or
other similar appliance?  Specifically I am referring to Sup720-3CXL QoS
capabilities...  Basically my concern is having an appliance as single
point of failure.  As I increase redundancy in the network
infrastructure it would be nice if I can achieve desired
QoS/rate-limiting using the switches themselves without additional gear.
At the same time I believe I will give up some deep packet inspection
capability and a loss of granularity so to speak in identifying
undesirable traffic...

 

Bill Murphy
Senior Network Analyst
University of Texas Health Science Center - Houston



 



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