Massive upgrades are coming to the Freewire network in 2010. One set of upgrades will be to our switch and router platforms. Here is what my mind has looked like for the past month:

After an intense research and interview process we finally have made a decision. Our new platform will use MPLS to pass all layer-2 transport traffic rather than the current VLAN-based system. This new architecture will provide significant improvements in scalability and efficiency to the network.

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Related posts:

1. MPLS-in a nutshell
2. Network Upgrade Update