Lumen Ethernet vs. NVIDIA Spectrum Switches

CenturyLink Ethernet Services (now known as Lumen) in our area is one of only a few options for fiber service. They have a really large infrastructure and offer competitive pricing with comparable speed to others. We found there was much to be desired in the customer service department. When we had techs onsite to assist in setting up it was fine but there was an issue with the additional networking equipment which caused the service connection to be delayed... Then once that problem was fixed we attempted to get help in the final configuration for many weeks.

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Well suited: HCI Infrastructure as a high-performance platform for storage traffic TOR or Network Backbone Less appropriate: Client Access switches

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• Small platform integration specially mobile related.
• Cost effective services.
• Great customer services.

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• open platform for use with e.g. Cumulus OS
• cost effective
• excellent support

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• Configuration.
• Implementation.
• Customer Service.

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• Interoperability with other vendors
• Bugs

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AT&T I would say is the leader within this area in terms of handling any large-scale deployments and their services are awesome. No connectivity issues at all and no latency in feedback. Server deployments are handled very effectively, that's not the case with century link. Of course, security is second to none with AT&T.

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Broadcom is quicker is rolling out newer chipset and hardware. But NVIDIA Mellanox has better system integration due to its purchase of Cumulus OS.

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• ROI was better than some competiters
• Fast connection speeds
• Quick updates to software and hardware

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• Overall seamless integration into the datacenter
• Better cost per port so higher ROI

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