Waking up the bear….
As the deployment of 10G switches gains traction, the case studies, 3rd party “independent” test and rebuttals are flowing like mad. I thought Omar Sultan from Cisco did a very good job with this one (rebuttal to a recently published Network World article) in particular in making the case that while 0-60MPH testing is certainly interesting, the majority of us drive on highways, back roads, traffic jams, parking lots, bridges, tunnels, and a variety of other places which require our cars to be good in a lot of different scenarios, not just on the drag strip (although, as a amateur track enthusiast, I love taking off fast).
http://blogs.cisco.com/datacenter/comments/the_perils_of_equipment_testing/
Net-net, network devices need to be able to perform well in a variety of scenarios, not just on the drag strip. A test drive is the only way to determine if a “car” is right for you.
