On 03/15/2010 04:30 PM, George Bonser wrote: > > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Dave Temkin >> Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2010 12:51 PM >> To: Kevin Oberman >> Cc: nanog@nanog.org >> Subject: Re: 10GBase-t switch >> >> Can you point to another 1U box that has more than 16MB per-port >> buffer? >> >> -Dave > > Anyone know what the buffer depth is on the Brocade TurboIron 24x? One > thing to keep in mind is that neither the Arista nor the Brocade > TurboIron are store and forward, they are both "cut through" switches > which means they use less buffering for a given amount of traffic. > Basically, a packet is already going out the egress interface before it > is even completely received on the ingress interface.
Strickly speaking when mixed 1Gb/10Gb configurations are supported (as the original poster was requesting) cut-through forwarding no-longer works. > I have them (TI24X) in production and they work ok. They are lacking > some features of the larger switches, though. No MRP or stp-group > stuff. But they are a decent switch for the price. > > George > > >
