“100 Gbps on the server, 400 Gbps on the switch, and 1 Tbps on the router”
The router runs over twice as fast as a switch?
That would be impressive.
Ethernet Alliance plots 1.6 terabit-per-second future
Think 100 Gbps Ethernet is The Coming Thing? You ain't seen nothing yet: one of the venerable standard's custodians wants it going a hundred times faster by the end of another decade. No, this isn't El Reg April Foolery: that's what the Ethernet Alliance's 2015 roadmap expects to be able to deliver. Of course, the screaming …
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Wednesday 1st April 2015 05:30 GMT Anonymous Coward
That's all well and good but....
until there is general availability of 1GB sync connections to BOTH homes and Businesses (a brand new business park near me has max 2Mb ADSL for 20+ units. WTF?) this sort of tech will be restricted to the Datacentre/Costing/Cloud factories. Oh wait, we should be putting all our data into the US Cloud Providers so that the likes of GCHQ and the NSA can keep it all nice and safe....
For most of us, this is all so much pie in the sky. Until it is available at a cost that is around the same as a new tyre for your car this ain't gonna fly.
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Wednesday 1st April 2015 16:52 GMT Michael Habel
Yeah that's why everything is still basically just 10/100TX. 'cause GigE has been 'Round now for what the last Decade now? The only reason why Router Companies are finally upgrading, along with numerous Chinese 'Droid TV Box Makers, is because the Public are finally catching on, and shaming these bastards to move on...
Biting the hand that feeds IT
