North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: Getting a "portable" /19 or /20
Oh, and when you can (a) have Linux shut down a failing interface card on the fly and keep humming along, and (b) be able to replace said card without shutting down, lemme know. Granted, there are many applications where a Linux or BSD box (or preferably, two boxes terminating redundant circuits) running gated would suit the needs perfectly, but anything considered mission-critical is not such an application, IMHO. -C On Tue, Apr 10, 2001 at 01:20:24PM -0700, Majdi S. Abbas wrote: > > On Tue, Apr 10, 2001 at 12:32:03PM -0600, Aaron Dewell wrote: > > Memory and CPUs are not really that expensive, it just depends on how > > much certain router manufacturers think they can milk out of you for > > overpriced hardware. Considering that you can build a router with a > > PC and Linux for better performance, better stability, and better > > scalability than a 7200 for about a tenth the price, I fail to see why > > any of those boxes continue to be sold... It just requires actual > > quality PC hardware. > > Please let me know when your Linux box is capable of doing > line rate forwarding on an OC-192. > > Thanks! > > --msa -- --------------------------- Christopher A. Woodfield [email protected] PGP Public Key: http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0xB887618B
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