[c-nsp] What is the lowest switch?

[nigel cooper]

Broadcom themselves do some pretty fast and impressive switches.


http://www.broadcom.com/products/Switching



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From: Chris Evans <chrisccnpspam2 at gmail.com>
To: Asbjorn Hojmark - Lists <lists at hojmark.org>
Cc: Cisco NSP <cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net>
Sent: Wed, March 16, 2011 8:39:56 AM
Subject: Re: [c-nsp] What is the lowest switch?

This new network switch is the 3ks which are based on merchant silicon.  Its
a stop gap solution until they spin their own. I believe its based on the
broadcom Trident chipset that other vendors such as bnt juniper and arista
are using..

They are due out by end if April for fcs I believe.
On Mar 16, 2011 10:21 AM, "Asbjorn Hojmark - Lists" <lists at hojmark.org>
wrote:
> On Wed, 16 Mar 2011 18:02:34 +0900, you wrote:
>
>> I heard C4900M is low latency switch
>
> In almost all real-world scenarios, any dropped frame affects
> performance almost infinitely more than the latency of any switch
> between the two hosts. Don't *just* look at latency.
>
> That being said: The Nexus 5548 is pretty low latency port-to-port,
> and has much better density than the 4900M. Also a new Nexus switch is
> rumoured[1] to be 'just around the corner', specifically targeted at
> HFT scenarios.
>
> You should take this up with the account team.
>
>> Do you know any other vender?
>
> Well, Arista plays in this space.
>
> -A
> [1] Those rumours are easily googlable.
>
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