On Thu, Sep 27, 2012 at 9:41 AM, Mikael Abrahamsson <swm...@swm.pp.se>wrote:
> > I opposed 40GE, but since physics is a lot of the problem here, I think > 400GE is favorable over 1TE. Already now we're sitting with platforms with > forwarding performance per slot that doesn't really match 100GE nicely, > imagine the equivalent problem for 1TE. By the time this is ready, will > platforms be at slightly over 1T per slot, perhaps it then makes more sense > to have 3x400GE instead of 1x1TE per slot. > > 1Tb/s per slot is a reality that will be here sooner than many might realize. I think the bonded vs. native argument can come down to optical bandwidth. If you are limited to N number of wavelengths on a segment having faster native interfaces becomes desirable (assuming similar optical bandwidth per unit). -Steve
