Long time no see… today while attending a LightReading webinar (Evolution to Packet Optical Transport) about the all new P-OTS (Packet Optical Transport Systems) boxes there was a sentence from one presenter (E\\\ guy) that really said it all: “Switch where you can, route where you must!“
It isn’t a new dilemma (in fact it’s an old debate on routing versus switching), but taking into account the cost of 10G and 100G routing ports, maybe this same sentence still applies today,… I risk to say, more then ever!
And yes, I’m convinced the P-OTS boxes might help to decrease the need for (unnecessary) routing.
What do you think?
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