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When the cooling budget and the hardware refresh budget both get denied.
October 28, 2026
Derek Stadmiller
When Your Server Needs a Box Fan, It Might Be Time for an Upgrade
Enterprise cooling solution, courtesy of the office supply closet. I’ve seen plenty of creative solutions to keeping aging servers running, but this one deserves some recognition. In a recent article from The Register, "Let's just shove a bigger fan in there and see what happens...
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September 23, 2026
Terabit Systems
100G Without the MPC7E Price Tag: A Fresh Look at Juniper MPC5E
For network operators running Juniper MX platforms, the path to more bandwidth does not always require the newest line card. The secondary market is making that especially clear with the MPC5E-100G10G, a fixed-port MPC that can add two 100GbE interfaces and four 10GbE interfaces to an existing MX...
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August 11, 2026
Terabit Systems
Juniper QFX5130-48C: A Closer Look at 100G Density with 400G Uplinks
Network speeds keep moving upward, but that doesn't necessarily mean every data center needs to jump straight to the newest generation of switching hardware. For network operators managing a transition from 10/25GbE server connectivity toward 100GbE, while simultaneously moving the fabric...
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Illustration showing lead time delaying a network upgrade project.
June 12, 2026
Terabit Systems
Why Lead Time Has Become a Critical Design Constraint
For years, network operators evaluated infrastructure using familiar metrics: throughput, latency, port density, power consumption, and reliability. Those metrics still matter. But over the last several years, another factor has become impossible to ignore: Availability. A switch that can move 12.8...
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April 16, 2026
Jeff Wolcenski
Arista DCS-7800R3AK-36DM-LC in Stock 400G Spine Line Card for 7800R3 Series
We now have the Arista DCS-7800R3AK-36DM-LC in stock, a high density 400G line card designed for the Arista 7800R3 modular switch platform, purpose built for CSP, ISP, hyperscaler, and CDN networks. This line card is optimized for 400G spine, core, and data center interconnect DCI deployments where...
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March 02, 2026
Terabit Systems
Juniper MX10003 vs MX480, MX960, MX204, and MX304: Where Does It Really Fit?
When customers call Terabit Systems asking about the Juniper Networks MX10003, the next question is almost always the same: Is this closer to an MX480 or MX960, or is it more like an MX204 or MX304? Here’s an overview of the Juniper MX10003 Router — a high-performance edge router...
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