November 05, 2015
June 2019 Edit: We've updated our thoughts on the QFX line in a new blog entry here:
3 REASONS THE JUNIPER QFX SWITCH SHOULD BE PART OF YOUR DATA CENTER NETWORK
Heads spin when considering all the capabilities of the new Juniper QFX3500 “multipurpose” low-latency...
August 04, 2015
It’s cliché to allude to the story of The Three Little Bears in any context, least of which is when talking about routers. However, the Juniper MX480 is the perfect combination of size and scalability and is “just right” for most data center and service provider clients...
July 28, 2015
A whole lot of people are using the word “redundant” incorrectly. Unique individual? Redundant. Advance planning? Redundant. Two powers in a Juniper MX480 chassis? NOT redundant. For full redundancy in the larger MX units, you’re going to have to have all the power slots populated...
July 15, 2015
For clients in Layer 2/Layer3 ultra low-latency 10gig environments where milliseconds make or break a trade, we’ve had success providing the Juniper EX4500 series switches. The 40 by 10GbE SFP/SFP+ port based EX4500 is stackable though a 128 Gbps backplane, which is designated by the VC1 part...
May 07, 2015
With rising demands on core infrastructure, the straightforward CAM partitions (that’s Content Addressable Memory for newbs) we used to rely on have become wobbly solutions at best, and head-scratching disasters at worst. As straight IPv4 tables give way to dual stacking with VPN and MPLS...
January 29, 2015
Sometimes, everything that needs to be said is already floating around on the internet, likely written by someone far more intelligent and informed. This case is no exception. Here’s a gem of an article by the Networking Nerd that covers the greatness of the Brocade ICX6610 Switch.
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