Routers in Data Centers

Adam Armstrong lists at memetic.org
Sat Sep 25 22:18:05 UTC 2010


  On 24/09/2010 11:22, Venkatesh Sriram wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Can somebody educate me on (or pass some pointers) what differentiates
> a router operating and optimized for data centers versus, say a router
> work in the metro ethernet space? What is it thats required for
> routers operating in data centers? High throughput, what else?

Depending upon the specific requirements of the scenario at each type of 
site, the optimal devices could be either identical, or completely 
different.

:)

adam.




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