An Extreme 40 Gbps Switch (Linux-powered)

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
May 17, 2011

“Bandwidth matters. It’s a truism Extreme Networks understands
well, which is why the company has built its new BlackDiamond X8
chassis.

“The X8 was first shown last week during the Interop conference
running 40 Gigabit Ethernet (40 GbE) traffic. The X8 Chassis can be
setup to run up to 192, 40 GbE port or up to 768, 10 GbE ports. In
terms of total overall performance, Extreme is positioning the X8
as a 20 Terabit chassis. “


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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