Arista Networks Blog

Exploring the latest trends, technologies, and best practices in networking

2009

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Evolution of Switching Architectures in Cloud Networking

As we wrap up this year, I do sense that the architectural shift in the datacenter environments has begun to change traditional constructs. As I said...

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Scalable Techniques for Multi-terabit Cloud Networking

Current data center network designs are very compromised. They are based on blocking multi-tier designs with 50:1 over-subscription using the...

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Celebrating our first year!

This month we are celebrating our first year as Arista Networks. We re-launched last year with our new name, our management team, and global...

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Virtualization & Cloud Networking: Connecting the Dots....

As we enter VMWorld I would like to explain this further and showcase Arista's thought leadership. The widespread deployment of server virtualization...

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Virtualization & Clouds - Are they related?

Frequently, I am asked about the relationship between Virtualization and Clouds. In one word, the answer is "yes", they are related. They are...

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The Symmetry between Gigahertz and Gigabits in Cloud Networking

One of Om Malik's recent blogs I read in Gigaom was thought provoking (as usual!). It made me realize that we have reached a tipping point with the...

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Citrix and Arista - Two Pioneers Partner in Cloud Networking

Today's Datacenters are still separated distinctly by OSI stack layers. Layer 2/3/4 switching are typically implemented by 1/10GE switches and...

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Does Latency Matter in Cloud Networking?

Cloud Networking has arrived upon us. Take server density on a scale never seen before plus compute demanding application workloads and you get a...

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Which Technology Will Prevail for Cloud Networking?

As we enter this new era of dense servers and multi-core cloud computing, one must pay closer attention to the choice of the right cloud networking...

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The Silicon Choice for Cloud Networking

These days there is much discussion whether switches or routers should be built with proprietary custom ASICs or standard "merchant silicon" chips....

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