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Re:ASICs at the Edge by gautamcgoel on Friday November 27, 2020 @02:06PM (#25231655)
Can you explain what the advantages of a 25gbit network are?
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Re:ASICs at the Edge by markonen on Friday November 27, 2020 @02:48PM (#25232009)
It’s the next step up from 10G (which our peak traffic is outgrowing).

If you look at older/used networking gear, 40G QSFP+ might look like the next step, but to me that’s starting to look a bit like an evolutionary dead end at this point.

Low-end 25G routers/switches are relatively cheap, as are 25G SFP28 optics (including bi-directional ones, which get a bit marginal at speeds above 25G).

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Re:ASICs at the Edge by gautamcgoel on Saturday November 28, 2020 @07:45PM (#25241923)
I guess what I'm really asking is: what are you doing that requires so much bandwidth?
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