Mellanox commissioned a report along these lines from Tolly in 2016: https://www.mellanox.com/related-docs/tolly/tolly-report-performance-evaluation-2016-march.pdf
Obviously a grain of salt is needed with any commissioned study - but it will at least point you to some tests and methodologies that you can use... On Mon, Jun 4, 2018 at 1:41 AM, Kasper Adel <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello > > I’m asked to evaluate switching platforms that has different forwarding > chips but the same OS. > > Assuming these vendors give the same SDK and similar documentation/support, > then what would be comparison points to consider, other than the obvious > (price, features, bps, pps). > > I’m thinking, how do i validate their claims about capability to do > leaf/spine arch, ToR/Gateways, telemetry, serviceability, facilities to > troubleshoot packet drops or FIB programming misses, hidden tools...etc > > It would be great if anyonw can give some thoughts around it, specially if > you have tried one or both. > > Thanks > Kim > -- @ChrisGrundemann http://chrisgrundemann.com
