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On Tue, 10 Apr 2001, James Thomason wrote: > On Tue, 10 Apr 2001, 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. > > Please let me know when a 7200 will do line rate forwarding on an > OC-192. :) Sorry... I had to....I do not think that Linux is exactly cut > out for the job, but he DID say a 7200. :) Not to ruffle too many feathers, but I've seen a Linux box (with nice high-end hardware) line speed forwarding on 6x100fdx. Something a 7200 would be probably not be too happy with. It's stupid to use general purpose systems as routers. Routing can be done very efficently with dedicated forwarding hardware and it's a large enough market that economies of scale should be in effect. Since people seriously consider a high-end PC with Linux or *BSD (and click for higher performance) for a production router, then something must be wrong with the price points. :)
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