[TECH] Pica8 & Cumulus Networks

Mon Nov 2 20:19:04 UTC 2015

> On Nov 1, 2015, at 23:53, Yoann THOMAS <ythomas at castle-it.fr> wrote:

> Under a Cloud project I ask myself to use equipment based on the Pica8 or Cumulus Networks.

We’ve had some great conversations with Cumulus, but more generally, I think you need to look at the cloud project’s goals. Those should help inform your decision making process. Specifically, what are your SDN and generally, networking needs and use cases.

> All in order to mount a Spine & Leaf architecture
> 
> - Spine 40Gbps
> - Leaf in 10Gbps

In a new cloud deployment of any size, you probably want more than 10G to the compute servers, especially if you’re carrying storage traffic.

> 
> Someone of you there a feedback on this equipment.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Yoann THOMAS
> CTO - Castle-IT

Cheers,
-j