Re: Broadcom vs Mellanox based platforms

2018-06-05 Thread Sylvain COUTANT
On 06/04/2018 07:41 AM, Kasper Adel 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

Re: Broadcom vs Mellanox based platforms

2018-06-05 Thread Jean Delestre
Hello Not sure how to compare but i'd be very interested in the result of your work ! Le lun. 4 juin 2018 à 07:43, Kasper Adel a écrit : > Hello > > I’m asked to evaluate switching platforms that has different forwarding > chips but the same OS. > > Assuming these vendors give the same SDK

Re: Broadcom vs Mellanox based platforms

2018-06-05 Thread ff
Hi Kim, I'll share key learnings about since I started to work on high speed software networking in 2006, when everyone was laughing at me becaused I claimed to achieve 10Gbps networking with a CPU. CPU is less important than memory/QPI On x86 memory subsytem include things like Cache

Re: Broadcom vs Mellanox based platforms

2018-06-04 Thread Nick Hilliard
Kasper Adel wrote on 04/06/2018 06:41: 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). power draw. Depending on your hosting costs, the differences in power draw

Re: Broadcom vs Mellanox based platforms

2018-06-04 Thread Tom Hill
On 04/06/18 06:41, Kasper Adel wrote: > 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 I'd start with a software vendor that

Re: Broadcom vs Mellanox based platforms

2018-06-04 Thread Chris Grundemann
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

Broadcom vs Mellanox based platforms

2018-06-03 Thread Kasper Adel
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,