Google’s Secret 10GbE Switch at Nyquist Capital

http://www.nyquistcapital.com/2007/11/16/googles-secret-10gbe-switch/

A very interesting evalution of Arastra and a possible Google connection: http://www.arastra.com/home/

Through conversations with multiple carrier, equipment, and component industry sources we have confirmed that Google has designed, built, and deployed homebrewed 10GbE switches for providing server interconnect within their data centers. This is very similar to Google’s efforts to build its own server computers … This decision by Google, while small in terms of units purchased, is enormous in terms of the disruptive impact it should have on 10GbE switching equipment providers and their component supply chains.