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Obviously, bigger cables are used to connect each server to Chassis based EOR/ Aggregation Switches. In the EOR (End of Row) Network design, each server in individual racks are connected to a common EOR (End of Row) Aggregation Switch directly, without connecting to individual switches in each rack.

Unplanned Expansions (within a rack) might be difficult to achieve using the TOR approach.

This results in higher (un-utilized) ports/ power/ cooling.

There maybe more unused ports in each rack (as the switches have fixed configurations and the number of servers varies) and it is very difficult to accurately provide the required number of ports.

So, capital and maintenance costs might be higher in TOR deployments.

More switches are required in such installations and each switch needs to be managed independently.

Even if more switches are stacked together, they might not have a non-blocking architecture due to their limited backplane connectivity.

Since 1U/2U Switches are used in each rack, achieving scalability beyond a certain number of ports would become difficult.

TOR architecture supports modular deployment of data-center racks as each rack can come in-built with all the necessary cabling/ switches and can be deployed quickly on-site.

If the racks are small, there could be one network switch for 2-3 racks.

This design enables expansion, because the network might run at 1GE/ 10GE today and can be upgraded to run on 10GE/ 40GE in future with minimum costs and changes to cabling.

Generally, copper cables are used to connect within the rack and fiber cables are used to connect each TOR switch to the aggregation switch.Amount of cables required (and their lengths) are lesser as each server does not need to connect to the aggregation switch by itself using a long cable (as in EOR configurations).Cabling complexity is minimized as all the servers are connected to the switch in the same rack and only a few cables go outside the rack.In turn, these Network Switches can be connected to Aggregation Switches using one/few cables.Īdvantages/ Limitations of TOR – Top of Rack approach: The TOR – Top of Rack approach recommends Network Switches to be placed on every rack and all the computing devices present in the rack to be connected to them. Each rack contains multiple computing devices. In a Data Center, there are several racks of servers/ storage equipment.

Let us look at the advantages and disadvantages of both approaches, in this article. Two popular network designs used in such circumstances – TOR (Top of Rack) and EOR (End of Row). When there are a lot of servers to connect (like in a Data Center), networking needs to be flexible enough to support the compute power required for large installations.