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As someone responsible for explaining to junior operations people why we call them ToR switches when they are in fact in the middle of the rack (due to efficien
by jeffrallen 2y ago
As someone responsible for explaining to junior operations people why we call them ToR switches when they are in fact in the middle of the rack (due to efficiency of the copper cable lengths) could we please agree to stop calling them ToR switches?
- namibj 2y agoYou put it at the top when you build it and add servers as you grow. Traditionally.
- jeffrallen 2y agoRight, but good luck routing the 100 gig DAC cable (absolute max length 3 m, but cheaper and more reliable at 1.5 m) 12 inches horizontally, 40 U vertically and then another 12 horizontally. This is why switches are in the middle of the rack.
- benlivengood 2y agoThick-of-rack is one way to backronym it, but twixt might fit somehow. Do clos networks now wire up a few switches equidistantly spaced within the rack or has clos gone the way of hardware-defined networking?