Brocade 6500 Series 6505 vs Cisco MDS 9000 Series MDS 9148S
Side-by-side specifications from the vendors' own documents. The Brocade 6505 is an entry-level 24-port Gen 5 16Gb Fibre Channel switch providing cost-effective SAN consolidation for small departments and remote branch offices. The Cisco MDS 9148S is a 48-port 16-Gbps Fibre Channel SAN switch providing reliable, cost-effective storage connectivity for virtualized data center environments.
| Brocade 6500 Series 6505 | Cisco MDS 9000 Series MDS 9148S | |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | Brocade | Cisco |
| Status | end-of-support | end-of-support |
| Released | Jun 2012 | Jul 2014 |
| Form factor | 1U | 1U |
| Form factor | 1U rackmount | 1U rackmount |
| Ports | 24x 16Gb FC SFP+ (12 or 24 ports active) | 48x 16Gb FC SFP+ (12, 24, 36, or 48 ports active) |
| Switching capacity | 384 Gb/s full duplex | 768 Gb/s full duplex |
| Latency | < 700 ns | Cut-through architecture |
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