Inside the FASTEST New 800GbE 64-port Switch

800Gbit/s is pretty fast. But nothing is faster than Patrick when he speaks about crazy fast technology 😂

This thing is a monster! Being able to break out into 512 x 100GBe ports is mind blowing!

Suddenly my 100Gb switch feels inadequate.

Can't wait to install this in my home for $700 in 2034

9:25 HOW MANY LAYERS IS THAT PCB!? That's like HALF A RJ45 port height in PCB depth. I've never seen one that thick before.

Looking at the thickness of the board on 09:03, and looking at the vast amount of signals the single chip needs just for the front ports, this has to be one of the most complex PCB ever made (if not the most). That's an incredible amount of high speed signal traces that need to be finely adjusted,one by one just to have good timing constraints and good impedance matching between the IC and the transceivers

It's crazy this 2U switch can replace 16U of 100Gb switches. Hate to imagine what 8 cables coming out each port looks like though.

I used to brag about my home lab with 100g switching.... I am so glad that you are able to bring us amazing content like this it pleases the hardware nerd that I am greatly <3

9:07 Dammn, that is one thicc PCB!

This sounds like a good upgrade for dialup BBS

My homelab need this switch! I need to use it to watch videos in my Jellyfin.

Marvell is coming back with a vengeance with this one. The density in this thing is insane

I need this for my homelab. It’s non-negotiable. Instagram won’t work without it.

I appreciate your detailed look at high-end networking equipment—it's something we network engineers don’t often see. For future content, could we delve into the more technical aspects that are critical for those of us in the industry? Some things I wanted to see mentioned, specifically as a networking professional in the HPC space: What type of ASICs and RPs are in a piece of equipment along with their L2/L3 forwarding rates for determining subscription. PPS capability would be helpful too. You went into radix, which is very helpful for considerations about network topology like fat tree, and I do appreciate that you briefly went over spine/leaf in some diagrams. A bit about the CAM/TCAM would be helpful for understanding RIB and FIB sizing and ACL capability. Covering the different redundancy modes the switches support would be helpful as well. Such as whether they handle active/active (MLAG) or active/passive (stacking) scenarios would tell us a lot about their control plane function from a redundancy perspective. In line with that I'd like to see some exploration into how L2/L3 multipathing is implemented. I'd also like to see some breakdown of what is meant by 'large buffers' and the specific Quality of Service methodologies implemented (inbound shaping, colored policing, DSCP tagging support, WRED or ECN). I'd also like to see some mention of RDMA/RCoE support for HPC centric switching platforms, because it's very important. Maybe too detail oriented... But network engineers don't typically get to read anything but whitepapers, datasheets, and slide decks, so the format is very captivating.

The RJ45 cables connected for management look very cute.

Where's the affiliate link to buy one? 😂

And here I am, sitting at home, with my piddly 36-port 100 Gbps Infiniband switch, that's sitting in my basement.

I mean, under 3000W power consumption is not absurd. All the Cisco 6500-E chassis we ever purchased came with minimum dual 4500W PSUs. But bottom line, great to see competition against Broadcom and their almost monopoly in this segment.

My 10Gbit Network seems like Peanuts against this 😂

Thinking of getting one of these for my pi cluster.