Can the Cisco MDS 9396S beat Brocade 6520 ?

Since July 2015 Cisco is shipping the MDS 93962S. And there is also the Brocade 6520 with very nice performance. The specsheets are almost the same and Brocade switch got lower latency. But why choose MDS 9396S over Brocade 6520 ? Brocade can have 2.1 us of latency while the MDS 9396S got a latency … Read more

Cisco MDS 9396S. Don’t confuse it with Cisco 9396PX or TX!

Today Cisco announed the new MDS 9396S. It’s a storage switch. Not a leaf switch for ACI like the Cisco 9396PX/9396TX. So please don’t confuse those type of switches. The MDS is for storage en the Nexus 9396 is for network switching. http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/storage-networking/mds-9396s-16g-multilayer-fabric-switch/index.html The new Cisco MDS 9396S is a 16G fixed storage switch with … Read more