Case Study: RackCorp achieves 100-fold traffic scaling and low-latency 10Gb performance with Brocade VDX 6740 switches

Speed and Automation Jet-Propel Service Success

RackCorp, an IaaS provider known for its CacheCentric CDN, faced explosive demand—traffic surged roughly 100x in 12 months, partner and service demand grew, and the company needed to move quickly from 1 Gbps to 10 Gbps interfaces across multiple data centers. Its incumbent switching vendor couldn’t meet the required performance, scalability, low latency, and automation needs, forcing RackCorp to accelerate its network upgrade timetable.

RackCorp deployed Brocade VDX 6740 switches with Brocade VCS fabric and SDN features as the network core, integrating with its existing automation platform. The new fabric delivered low latency, rapid configuration propagation (seconds to milliseconds), simplified management, and seamless scalability, enabling high performance for 100x traffic growth, faster time-to-market, and a rapid return on investment while supporting continued expansion.

RackCorp

Stephen Dendtler

Network Operations