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My $25 managed switch was only supposed to patch a hole, but it became the backbone of my network

It became way more important than its $25 price tag would imply ...
Computerworld

Brocade launches smaller, modular backbone switch

Brocade Communications Systems Inc. today announced the DCX-4S Backbone, a smaller, modular version of its multipurpose core network switching platform designed to consolidate servers, storage-area ...
Network World

Foundry Networks’ Big Iron MG8

A true 10G Ethernet switch, but failover tests raise resiliency issues. In an exclusive Network World lab test, Foundry Networks’ BigIron MG8 switch proved to be one of only two enterprise backbone ...
Ars Technica

VPN slow after network backbone switch upgrade

OK here's the story we upgraded our network backbone switch before all the distribution layer switches were hooked up to the same switch as the servers now we have all the servers connected to one Gb ...
SDxCentral

KDDI deploys disaggregated backbone routers in bid to cut network costs by 50%

Japanese carrier KDDI is formally rolling out a new type of backbone router across its home nation network. Instead of traditional chassis-based routers that are large proprietary boxes locked ...
EDN

NETGEAR Stackable, Managed Gigabit Switches Provide Resilient Access Layer For 10-Gigabit Ethernet Backbone

NETGEAR ProSafe Next-Gen Edge M5300 switches feature virtual chassis stacking technology with 48 Gbps interconnect per switch to simplify network operations, and meshed stacking provides ...