Cisco introduces next generation 322 Terabits routing system

Posted by Mustafa Baig on March 10, 2010 under Cisco, Other | Be the First to Comment

Cisco today announced a major advancement and “game changing”  technology in internet routing with its CRS-3 carrier class routing system.  According t to the announcement the CRS-3 has triple the capacity of its predecessor CRS-1 and can route data at an astonishing speed of 322 Terabits per second. To emphasized its claims, Cisco compared the amount of bandwidth that router can handle to downloading every motion picture ever made within 4 minutes or having all the people in china  get onto a video call simultaneously.

 As a carrier class router,  it will find its place in core routing infrastructure of communication companies that serve the internet backbone. AT&T has already been using the Cisco CRS-3 in field trials, with its 100 Gigabit backbone technology between New Orleans and Miami. With popularity of video in form of YouTube and other video sites, and data hungry mobile devices, the carriers are already feeling the strain on their infrastructure. CRS-3 will no doubt provide a major upgrade in any carrier’s backbone and increase their data traffic handling capacities.

 CRS-3 is still under field trials, although AT&T is reporting success with its initial trials of new system, it will still be some time before its widely deployed in the backbone and gets up to speed.