Originally published at: https://developer.nvidia.com/blog/choosing-the-right-speed-for-your-leaf-spine-data-center-network/
This post was originally published on the Mellanox blog in April 2020. People generally assume that faster network interconnects maximize endpoint performance. In this post, I examine the key factors and considerations when choosing the right speed for your leaf-spine data center network. To establish a common ground and terminology, Table 1 lists the five…