The Difference between Metro Ethernet and Stretched Data Center Subnets « ipSpace.net by @ioshints

ipSpace.net (Jul 24 2012) Business Ethernet , Metro Ethernet

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   Every time I rant about large-scale bridging and stretched L2 subnets, someone inevitably points out that Carrier (or Metro) Ethernet works perfectly fine using the same technologies and principles. I won’t spend any time on the “perfectly fine” part (Greg Ferro had a lot to say about that in the early Packet Pushers podcasts), but focus on the fundamental difference between the two: the use case. Engineers who know what they’re doing connect individual sites to Metro Ethernet services with laye

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