Brocade G-Series G620 vs Cisco MDS 9000 Series MDS 9148T
Side-by-side specifications from the vendors' own documents. The Brocade G620 is a high-density 64-port Gen 6 Fibre Channel SAN switch providing 48 32Gb FC SFP28 ports and 4 128Gb QSFP28 Q-Flex ports in an ultra-dense 1U footprint. The Cisco MDS 9148T is a high-performance 48-port 32-Gbps Fibre Channel switch offering enterprise SAN reliability, telemetry, and NVMe-FC capability in a compact 1U form factor.
| Brocade G-Series G620 | Cisco MDS 9000 Series MDS 9148T | |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | Brocade | Cisco |
| Status | current | current |
| Released | Mar 2016 | Sep 2018 |
| Form factor | 1U | 1U |
| Form factor | 1U rackmount | 1U rackmount |
| Ports | 48x 32Gb FC SFP28 + 4x 128Gb FC QSFP28 | 48x 32Gb FC SFP28 (24, 32, 40, or 48 ports active) |
| Switching capacity | 2 Tb/s full duplex | 1.536 Tb/s full duplex |
| Latency | < 700 ns locally switched | Cut-through switching architecture |
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