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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: Zebra/linux device production networking? (summary)
On Wed, 7 Jun 2006, Nick Burke wrote: I didn't notice anyone mention Imagestream, who sell Linux based routers using a custom distro and no moving parts other than fans. Storage is flash. I've helped a client manage several of them for several years. IMO, they're not bad as CPE, but I don't think we could use them if we wanted to on most of our network. Some of the features we need just aren't available.What about better case situations?* IE: toe cards custom kernel no moving parts (ie: hard drive, maybe fans if possible) up-to-date software packages with internal coders to fix ugly bugs, etc actual research into what packages & hardware would be best As others have mentioned, I wouldn't recommend it unless you have some people very comfortable with Linux and IP routing on Linux on staff. At one point, they had 4 full BGP feeds going into one Imagestream Gateway router, which is a P4, upgraded to 512MB RAM. With 2 full views now, they have 308MB free. It's an older installation, predating the addition of zebra/quagga to their distro, so it's still running gated_public, which works, but is fairly lacking in BGP knobs. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Jon Lewis | I route Senior Network Engineer | therefore you are Atlantic Net | _________ http://www.lewis.org/~jlewis/pgp for PGP public key_________
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