From: James Ventre (messageboard@ventrefamily.com)
Date: Tue Jul 25 2006 - 17:51:46 ART
>David Timmons wrote:
>the 4500 is going to support 64 Gbps
If you're going to state numbers, lets talk about the REAL numbers ...
each card only has access to 12 Gbps (6 Gbps Full Duplex) to the
backplane. This applies to a: Sup IV, V or V-10GE.
James
David Timmons wrote:
> Hmm,
>
> I do not like the 3750 as a core/distribution switch. This is
> especially true if you are using the 3750-48TS: supports only 13.1
> Mpps. The 3750-TS does support 38.7 Mpps and is very close to Sup IV
> 48 Mpp; however, when you consider the $14,000 cost per 3750G-TS and
> 5,000 list per WS-X4548, the cost of the supervisor, chassis and
> redundant power supplies are comparable after about 144 ports. Since
> the 4500 is going to support 64 Gbps is a better choice to grow with
> your company. The 3750G-TS, in my opinion, is not the best choice for
> network core. I have had very bad luck with the 3750's backplan. Of
> course, the issues have been cause by activities in the general area
> of the switch, workers and cable guys, you can quickly watch an
> entire server farm get washed off the map. The Chassis solutions have
> been much easier to upgrade. We can upgrade Sup's, line cards, and
> power supplies to support a changing environment. Anyway....my
> 2cents.
>
> dt
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