On Fri, 27 Dec 2013 20:37:52 +0000, Faisal Imtiaz said: > e.g. If someone says I need a 10g interface, why is it automatically assumed > that the router is going to be running @ Full Line Rate ?
It may not be full line rate - but it's a pretty sure bet that you plan to run it at a fairly high percentage duty cycle, either right now or in the fairly near future. If you weren't, you'd have bought a 1G interface instead.
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