An industry analyst forecast has Linux shipments slipping a bit more percentage-wise than Microsoft’s Windows Server, but Microsoft is feeling the pain of the economy, too, said an analyst who worked on the report. The IDC quarterly forecast of worldwide x86 server OS shipments for the year 2009, released last month, has Linux declining year [...]
One of Metro Ethernet solution to extend Layer 2 Ethernet Connection between two customer sites is use 802.1q Tunneling, also known as QinQ. QinQ concept is explained based on the diagram below: Customer Switch Site A and B connected to SP (Service Provider) Edge Switch, usually use trunk mode on the port that facing to [...]
