[185695] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: [TECH] Pica8 & Cumulus Networks
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Yuriy Babenko)
Mon Nov 9 11:03:29 2015
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Date: Mon, 9 Nov 2015 14:47:26 +0100
From: Yuriy Babenko <ybabenko3@gmail.com>
To: Ian Clark <ian.clark@dreamhost.com>
Cc: NANOG <nanog@nanog.org>
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An easy start with Cumulus can be their VirtualBox image which can be found
here
https://cumulusnetworks.com/cumulus-vx/
This allows an easy start for a small evaluation PoC.
On 3 November 2015 at 01:35, Ian Clark <ian.clark@dreamhost.com> wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 1, 2015 at 11:53 PM, Yoann THOMAS <ythomas@castle-it.fr>
> wrote:
>
> > Hello everyone,
> >
> > Under a Cloud project I ask myself to use equipment based on the Pica8 or
> > Cumulus Networks.
> >
> > All in order to mount a Spine & Leaf architecture
> >
> > - Spine 40Gbps
> > - Leaf in 10Gbps
> >
> > Someone of you there a feedback on this equipment.
> >
>
> We've had a lot of success running Cumulus gear in cloudy production
> environments. They're easy to manage with infrastructure automation tools
> and perform as well as any other switch with the same hardware. There are
> a few features missing from the current general availability code (VRF is
> the main one for us), but the guys and gals at Cumulus are pretty
> responsive to requests for new features and I know that VRF is on its way.
> The main advantage IMO is the huge price break for 10g and 40g ports when
> compared with the other major players.
>
> --
> Ian Clark
> Lead Network Engineer
> DreamHost
>
