[c-nsp] Is the 6704 really as terrible as everyone says?

[Chris Evans]

We have thousands in production with no real issues.  6708 have higher
buffers and more ports that make them more attractive to us..
On Dec 2, 2010 10:48 AM, "Drew Weaver" <drew.weaver at thenap.com> wrote:
> I've read several posts on here that lead me to believe that the
WS-6704-10G is essentially the worst linecard ever produced.
>
> The problem is, I only need 2 ports of 10G and just to replace 2x1Gbps
uplinks that almost never get anywhere near their line rate capacity.
>
> If they are really, really, awful. I will probably just end up getting a
6708 for this particular switch, but I would rather not considering the huge
price difference.
>
> Currently I am using the 1G ports off of the Sup720 as the uplink, and I
hear those have awful buffers as well.
>
> So when upgrading from the ports on the Sup720 to a 6704, is that still a
bad move?
>
> thanks,
> -Drew
>
>
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