Firstly, a BIG BIG thanks to all the replies. I would like to add one comment onto this, the Black Diamonds would be used for purely switching and nothing else. The Junipers would do the routing, BGP tables etc... As for as TheTollyGroup how much credibility do these guys hold? Thanks again. -Shazzy -----Original Message----- From: owner-nanog@merit.edu [mailto:owner-nanog@merit.edu] On Behalf Of Shazad - eServers Sent: 13 October 2003 02:16 To: nanog@merit.edu Subject: Extreme BlackDiamond How are these for CORE SWITCHES (distribution) compared to BigIron and the CISCO 6509?
From what I have heard and reports they are very solid switches.
Thanks in advance -Shazzy
On Mon, 13 Oct 2003, Shazad - eServers wrote:
I would like to add one comment onto this, the Black Diamonds would be used for purely switching and nothing else.
Then you're betting on the right horse. Get the G8Xi cards and two MSMs per chassi and you have linerate everything.
As for as TheTollyGroup how much credibility do these guys hold?
They test what they're told to test. I've read Tolly Group test of the 6500 and the Black Diamond. It's perfectly accurate. If you read the Cisco "response" test you get more facts which are not in the Tolly report. Read both and you get an accurate picture of what matters. -- Mikael Abrahamsson email: swmike@swm.pp.se
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