So you're saying that those 8 unit stacks have performance problems of some sorts? Do smaller stacks of the same swtiches not have those problems? Is anyone else aware of these kind of problems on 8 unit stacks (also with other switchtypes like the ERS 2500, ERS 4000 series) because we're gradually working towards a more collapsed distribution- and accesslayer which will probably mean larger stacks.
What we notice is that despite the fact that we run a really really simple configuration (layer 2 only) the units in the stack constantly operate on 95% memory used. Administrating them over JDM was clumsy and really really really slow.
It has gotten a bit better with EDM, since...well...that thing loads slow anyway.
In earlier software versions we had troubles with base units failing and the other 7 units entering a state where they could not figure out who should be the next base unit.
Right now we have a phenomenon that base units reboot every now and then without aparent reason or common cause.
We have had no such problems with smaller stacks, but I must note that smaller stacks naturally means that there are less users who would notice a temporary problem and naturally not every user complains instantly when something is out of the ordinary (thank god).
I will not promise you that there are no inherent issues in our configuration either, that I just did not notice.
