Case Study: Leading Consulting Company achieves high-performance, low-latency big-data analytics with Extreme Networks

Powering Big Data Analysis and Proving a New Business Model

Leading Consulting Company needed a dedicated, high‑performance IP network to run a real‑time big‑data analysis application with strict data‑integrity, low‑latency, and 40 GbE density requirements — plus secure, high‑availability connections to cloud compute. After evaluating vendors, the company selected Extreme Networks, deploying ExtremeSwitching VDX 8770 and VDX 6740 switches with Extreme VCS Fabric technology to meet scalability, automation, and manageability goals.

Extreme Networks implemented a spine‑leaf VCS Fabric (VDX 8770 as the Layer‑3 core, VDX 6740T as leaf switches) with virtual routers for encrypted cloud links and zero‑touch/Logical Chassis management. The deployment spans multiple data centers (Hadoop clusters with ~40 TB nodes), delivered 40 GbE density while removing extra routers, achieved line‑rate performance (up to 100 GbE, ~11.42 billion pps, sub‑4 µs latency), met the customer’s risk and cost thresholds, and became the company’s reference model — improving manageability and freeing IT to focus on analytics.