by Angela Guess

A new press release reports, “Arista Networks today announced the Arista 7280R Series, a new fixed switching and routing platform for next generation data centers. Complementing the recent 7500R Universal Spine platform, the 7280R Series Universal Leaf combines dynamic and deep buffering, Internet scale route tables, and open, programmable Arista EOS (Extensible Operating System) in a compact form factor. This approach challenges traditional network designs like fiber channel storage area networks (SAN), legacy routers or analog audio-video infrastructure by reducing operational costs through a single platform capable of a broad set of leaf networking use-cases, especially IP storage, routing and digital media. ‘With the growing requirements of delivering content we needed a predictable performance, compact and scalable platform that is able to evolve more quickly to these changing needs. Arista’s 7280R platform provides significant port density, combined with a robust and programmable EOS software stack, for better control of our content delivery infrastructure,’ said Peter Carlston, Product Owner Network and Storage, Spotify.”

The release goes on, “The 7280R Series expands upon the broadly deployed Arista 7280SE Series and delivers a dense 10/25/40/50/100GbE Ethernet solution in compact 1RU and 2RU form-factors. The 7280R Series consistently offers the same single EOS image, providing operational savings through reduced complexity and certification timelines. Arista’s CloudVision® provides expanded support of orchestration and automation across these diverse leaf use-cases. The Universal Leaf networking platforms align closely with Arista’s storage partner ecosystem, including EMC, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, NetApp SolidFire, Nutanix and Pure Storage.”

Read more at Business Wire.

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