[c-nsp] 8 Racks of Servers and Growing; switch/layout recommendations

[Eric Hoelzle]

On Thu, Dec 24, 2009 at 11:00 AM, Seth Mattinen <sethm at rollernet.us> wrote:
> Dobbins, Roland wrote:
>>
>>>   Flexibility (tends to favor eor - any service at any port)
>>
>> Strongly disagree - service switches are the answer for this.
>
> I'm not aware of a TOR switch that can provide PRI, POTS or other
> non-Ethernet service that a customer could want if you're in a
> colocation situation.

You can stack ISR's with 3750's to accomplish this.

But in  a non-colo situation, why not use copper/fiber distribution
like Panduit's quicknet stuff back to a centralized chassis or
stackable switching area?

--
Eric