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I think you are being unfairly dismissive. The novelty here is not in just buying generic routers. It is in changing the architecture of their network: https://
by scott_s 12y ago
I think you are being unfairly dismissive. The novelty here is not in just buying generic routers. It is in changing the architecture of their network: https://code.facebook.com/posts/360346274145943/introducing-data-center-fabric-the-next-generation-facebook-data-center-network/ https://code.facebook.com/posts/360346274145943/introducing-...
- jlgaddis 12y agoI'm pretty sure he didn't even RTFA. And, related to what he wrote, yes, you can buy a more powerful Mikrotik router for less than one with the Cisco name on it. The software on 'em sucks, though, and they have some weirds things about them. Additionally, they used to flagrantly skirt around the GPL although I'm not sure if they still do.