Date: Thu, 24 Apr 1997 06:12:43 -0400 (EDT)
From: Joe Provo - Network Architect <jprovo@ma.ultranet.com>
To: neil@domino.org
Subject: Re: Ascend GRF400
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
[...]
- the grf is not all of ascend. maybe they finally got things
right?
[...]
It is probably useful to differentiate between Netstar, which was
recently acquired by Ascend, and the rest of Ascend. The GigaRouter
was developed by Netstar prior to its acquisition by Ascend.
-tjs
(I do not know if this is true, but it is a guess). That the Netstar
product did the ATM routing extremely well. I believe that was its
market originally.. All of the other cards, the ether, the new T1 line
cards (hah-hah) maybe even the HSSI cards are all new since Ascend took
them over, to broaden their market.
I hear their ATM interfaces are great, haven't played with them yet though.
Just a thought,
-Deepak.
Correct me if I am wrong, but I thought the GRF-400 was an Ascend product
and the GRF-1600 is the NetStar GigaRouter, with some additional developments.
The GRF-400 is out there in networks like AGIS, NetRail, PSI, DOMINO and
Savvis. No word on any NetStar-cum-GRF1600 deployments.
Am I right?
--Kent
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Correct me if I am wrong, but I thought the GRF-400 was an Ascend product
and the GRF-1600 is the NetStar GigaRouter, with some additional
developments.The GRF-400 is out there in networks like AGIS, NetRail, PSI, DOMINO and
Savvis. No word on any NetStar-cum-GRF1600 deployments.Am I right?
My understanding is that the GRF-400 is just a 4 slot version of the
GRF-1600, modulo cosmetic differences, branding etc. Certainly this is one
of the easiest ways that one can take a crossbar switch and produce a cost
reduced, bandwidth reduced midrange.
Tony
p.s. Do I hear a chainsaw in Minneapolis? 