Well, sort of. That's why I said apples/oranges. Thing is, for that kind of money even a nice FC/IB-fabric is in the budget - perhaps only every 2 months then.
Of course there are latency tradeoffs, no idea what the z9 was used for. But no matter how you spin it, $700k/yr is one hell of a TCO for a piece of hardware that is almost 10 years old.
Of course there are latency tradeoffs, no idea what the z9 was used for. But no matter how you spin it, $700k/yr is one hell of a TCO for a piece of hardware that is almost 10 years old.