Opinion - Category - Fryguy's Bloghttps://hugo.fryguy.net/categories/opinion/Opinion - Category - Fryguy's BlogHugo -- gohugo.ioenMon, 06 Apr 2015 13:00:55 +0000Juniper Networks 2015 Innovation Showcasehttps://hugo.fryguy.net/2015/04/06/juniper-networks-2015-innovation-showcase/Mon, 06 Apr 2015 13:00:55 +0000Fryguyhttps://hugo.fryguy.net/2015/04/06/juniper-networks-2015-innovation-showcase/Tech Field Day events in the past so I had an understanding of what to expect but what Juniper did blew me away –  it turned out that this was the launch event for their new QFX10000 series switches, the Converged Supercore Architecture based on the PTX, and Express Path for their SRX5000, and ultimately their Q5 ASIC chip.  

QFX 10000

 

The QFX10000 is Juniper Networks latest addition to Data Center networking and it comes with Juniper Networks latest purpose-built ASIC -the Q5. The Q5 chip enables unprecedented performance, port density, and scale as can be seen in the QFX 10000.  What is also very interesting is that the Q5 chip uses Memory Cube technology, something that is not found in merchant silicon.  The QFX10000 is a high density spine switch optimized for the Data Center (or as many call it, “the cloud.”)  How high density?  If you look at the image above you will see an image of the QFX100002–72Q switch.  Those are 72 –  40 GbE ports in that 2U switch!  That equates to 288 –  10 GbE ports! Not enough bandwidth for you?  Well, you can also order these boxes with  24 –  100 GbE QSFP28 interfaces instead!  That is some serious bandwidth options right there!  Still not enough for you? You can get these switches in a chassis design –  8–slot and 16–slot chassis options are available.  The 8–slot chassis will support up to 1152 –  10GbE ports and the 16–slot will support up to 2304 –  10GbE ports!  You can find out more about the QFX 10000 here –  JUNIPER QFX10000.  For more information on the Memory Cube / 3-D Memory technology, there is an great post by Chang-Hong Wu on the Juniper forums – 3-D Memory.

]]>Personal View – Bank of America ATM/Visa Feehttps://hugo.fryguy.net/2011/10/09/persoanl-view-bank-of-america-atmvisa-fee/Sun, 09 Oct 2011 15:04:41 +0000Fryguyhttps://hugo.fryguy.net/2011/10/09/persoanl-view-bank-of-america-atmvisa-fee/
This is a different type of post – one that I have not done here before but have considered for quite some time – it is an opinion post. I will occasionally take a few moments and explain my view of a topic that is hot in the news, world, or perhaps something that is being discussed on Twitter / Facebook / Google+.
It is not my intention to offend anyone, persuade anyone, or change your mind – but more of an avenue for my to spill my thoughts and feelings.
Ok, pleasantries out of the way now – lets get onto the topic here: Personal View – BoA ATM/Visa Fee
 
So, Bank of America wants to charge its “customers” a $5 fee per month that they use their debit/visa card for purchases unless you maintain $20,000 in deposits or have a mortgage with them ( NY Times 9/30/2011 ). They are joining all the other banks that are doing this or talking about it as well – Chase, Wells Fargo, and others – and all this is because the government has imposed limits on fees charged to merchants. Since the government has decided to step in and “protect the merchant” from extra fees, those fees are being made up on the consumer now. Of course, the merchants are not lowering prices on their items, so we can see how well that all worked out for us now, eh? But I digress.

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