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

[chip]

As long as your packet rate doesn't get crazy high, you should be ok.  Got
lots of'em running a few gigs on 2-3 of the ports and haven't seen any
issues.  There's no oversubscription on the 6704 either.

--chip



On Thu, Dec 2, 2010 at 10:41 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
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> cisco-nsp mailing list  cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net
> https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp
> archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/
>



-- 
Just my $.02, your mileage may vary,  batteries not included, etc....