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

[Matthew Huff]

It's not that awful. We use them in our core network with large amount of multicast market data traffic. We are aware of the buffer issues especially with micro-bursting, but haven't had any drops. Long term we will be upgrading to 6708, but for now they are working fine.

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: cisco-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net [mailto:cisco-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of Drew
> Weaver
> Sent: Thursday, December 02, 2010 10:41 AM
> To: cisco-nsp
> Subject: [c-nsp] Is the 6704 really as terrible as everyone says?
> 
> 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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