Upgrading the Datacenter to 10 Gigabit Ethernet
By Arista Networks
The standard for 10 Gigabit Ethernet (IEEE802.3ae) was ratified in 2002. While 10 GigE deployments have grown every year since then, the technology has primarily been used to interconnect switches and routers. Almost all the server connections in datacenters have remained at 1 Gbps, limiting the amount of network throughput available to each server. The primary reason for this has been cost-performance. Historically it has been more cost-effective to have multiple GigE connections rather than a single 10 GigE port. In addition, today’s servers typically cannot utilize the full bandwidth of a 10 GigE connection. However both of these factors are changing, which will lead to widespread adoption of 10 GigE for server connections over the next few years.
This white paper is an overview of the factors that are driving the growth for 10 GigE in the datacenter; download it now.
Kayo said:
May 14th, 2011 at 11:11 pm
Thanks alot – your answer solved all my problems after several days sturgnglig