[177347] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Recommended L2 switches for a new IXP
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Eduardo Schoedler)
Tue Jan 13 06:25:09 2015
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Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2015 09:25:01 -0200
From: Eduardo Schoedler <listas@esds.com.br>
To: NANOG <nanog@nanog.org>
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QFX5100 is SDN ready.
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Eduardo Schoedler
2015-01-13 6:29 GMT-02:00 Stepan Kucherenko <twh@megagroup.ru>:
> Is there any particular reason you prefer EX4600 over QFX5100 ? Not
> counting obvious differences like ports and upgrade options.
>
> It's the same chipset after all, and with all upgrades they have the
> same 10G density (with breakouts). Is that because you can have more 40G
> ports with EX4600 ?
>
> I'm still trying to find out if there are any noticeable software or
> feature differences.
>
> On 13.01.2015 09:01, Mark Tinka wrote:
> > On Monday, January 12, 2015 11:41:20 PM Tony Wicks wrote:
> >
> >> People seem to be avoiding recommending actual devices,
> >> well I would recommend the Juniper EX4600 -
> >>
> >> http://www.juniper.net/us/en/products-services/switching/
> >> ex-series/ex4600/
> >>
> >> They are affordable, highly scalable, stackable and run
> >> JunOS.
> >
> > We've been quite happy with the EX4550, but the EX4600 is
> > good too, particularly if you're coming from its younger
> > brother.
> >
> > Mark.
> >
>
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Eduardo Schoedler
