Re: OT: Cisco NEXUS 7k vs Catalyst 6509E

Ryan,
     Based on some of your previous threads, I don't think I would
classify you as ignorant. :) Either way, you hit exactly on what I was
subtly driving at. Even with the versatility of the class-maps in the
IOS looking ACE configuration, it's not on par with F5 or NetScaler. I
just was curious from Michael if they had come to the same conclusions.
The one positive spin you can put on the ACE is virtualization. Being
able to break everything into contexts has been nice. But the
performance and feature limitations are just a few too many years behind
the other more dedicated appliance folks.

--Hammer--

On 8/12/2010 1:13 PM, Ryan West wrote:
>
> *From:* --Hammer-- [mailto:bhmccie_at_gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Thursday, August 12, 2010 2:10 PM
> *To:* Michael Marvel
> *Cc:* Ryan West; ccielab_at_groupstudy.com
> *Subject:* Re: OT: Cisco NEXUS 7k vs Catalyst 6509E
>
> Good stuff Michael. Thanks a lot. You didn't go with the 4710s for
> load balancing. Was the feature set not there? Just an observation
> that you trended away from Cisco for that component.
>
>
> --Hammer--
>
>
>
> Pardon my ignorance on the Cisco ACE, but what is their equivalent to
> iRules. With 10.x you can finally get a VRF like concept on the F5's
> with route domains, although you wouldn't get distinct layers of
> administrative control.
>
> -ryan

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