SD WAN vs MPLS -The Difference in the Details
Lately, our clients with an MPLS WAN are starting to ask: “Should we get rid of our MPLS and go to SD-WAN? Is SD-WAN better?”
I don’t mean to make this question sound childish (since it’s a fantastically good question), but it reminds me of a mistake I made when my 9-year-old son asked me a question the other day.
He is obsessed with baseball, so, of course, he asked me something all of us baseball fans have wondered at some point: “Daddy, which is better… a guy who hits .250 with 50 home runs or a guy who hits .300 with 10 home runs?”
I should have just answered it with “Homers, baby… everyone buys tickets to see dingers!” I would have sounded manly, plus, he would have laughed and walked away content.
But instead, I went all baseball-nerdy on him: “Well, that depends. How many RBIs does each have? What about their batting average, with runners in scoring position? Who else is on the team?” … etc, etc.
He and I discussed it for ten mind-numbing minutes. Then, he eventually walked away more confused than ever. Baseball just got way too complicated.
So, I’m gonna try not to do this to you. The whole “it depends” reply is always true but how about I just forget the outlier situations and tell you what I think… shooting from the hip, in generalities?
So, here is my quick, rough-around-the-edges opinion, based on only two scenarios.
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