[AusNOG] 10Gb Switching and HP COMOS5 vs 7

[Joe Wooller]

Extreme make a good 10Gb Switch.

X670 (48 ports)
or X670V (48 ports + 4 x 40Gb Module on the back).

Cheers
Joe

On 3 Jun 2014, at 1:40 pm, Tony Wicks <tony at wicks.co.nz> wrote:

> I highly recommend the EX4550.
>  
> From: AusNOG [mailto:ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net] On Behalf Of Skeeve Stevens
> Sent: Tuesday, 3 June 2014 5:33 p.m.
> To: ausnog at ausnog.net
> Subject: [AusNOG] 10Gb Switching and HP COMOS5 vs 7
>  
> Hey all,
>  
> Just looking at upgrading some A5820's with A5900's...
>  
> Anyone done this and know the differences between COMOS5 and COMOS7?  HP say its backwards compatible, but I am wondering if there are any stories - good or bad - out there about doing it.
>  
> Also - what do people think in the 10Gb switching space?
>  
> - HP A5900 (48 ports)
> - Juniper EX4550 (32 ports)
> - Cisco 4500-X (32 ports)
> - Brocade equivalent?
> - Others?
>  
> The HP A5800 has 2mb packet buffers, the A5900 is 9mb.. the Cisco 4900 might have around 17mb, but I can't figure out what the Juniper has... nothing is listed here:http://people.ucsc.edu/~warner/buffer.html to even guess with.
>  
> 
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> ...Skeeve
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