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Hi Chris Could you share your opensouce 10G info for me? For the past 8 months, I have problem to use the 10G in linux system. I have to continuous to upgrade the hardwares... my existing system is using the new CPU now, 4G memory, 1 x 10G card plus several 1G NICs. Intel 2 Ext CPU X9650 @ 3.00GHz All CPU is in 100% used when it is in 4G totally (download + upload). thank you so much --- Chris Grundemann <[email protected]> wrote: > Greg has laid out a great bit of information and I > would like to add just > one possibility to the list of budget 10GE routers: > Vyatta. According to a > recent press release from that company ( > http://www.vyatta.com/about/pressreleases.php?id=51) > they offer a product > that is "2 to 3X higher performance at a cost > savings of more than 75 > percent" when compared to Cisco's 7200. > Unfortunately I have not had the > opportunity to test or use the Vyatta routers yet; I > have however > successfully used other open-source Linux based > routers in the past with > great success. If you are looking for a truly > budget 10GE router, they may > be worth adding to the list and looking into. > > On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 10:36 AM, Greg VILLAIN > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > On Mar 24, 2008, at 10:23 AM, user user wrote: > > > > > > Hi everybody! > > > > > > I find myself in the market for some 10GE > routers. As > > > I don't buy these everyday, I was wondering if > any of > > > you guys had any good resources for evaluating > > > different vendors and models. I'm mainly > thinking > > > about non-vendor resources as the vendorspeak > sites > > > are not that hard to find. > > > > > > Also I'd love to hear recommendatios for > "budget" 10GE > > > routers. The "budget" router would be used to > hook up > > > client networks through one 10GE interface and > connect > > > to different transit providers through two 10GE > > > interfaces. > > > > > > - Zed > > > > Hiya, > > > > When it comes to budget, force10 are good. I > wouldn't be able to > > confirm if they're worth performance-wise. > > I'd strongly suggest Foundry, I'm a big fan of > their kits, price-wise > > and performance-wise, provided you do not need > rocket-science features. > > MLX/XMR models will surely do the trick perfectly. > > > > When it comes to router purchasing habits, we all > tend to get > > religious... > > Bottom line is that most of the 'regular' vendors > (namely Cisco, > > Juniper, Foundry, Force10, Extreme, Riverstone) > implement pretty much > > the same set of features, which are all IETF/IEEE > normalized, meaning > > if you don't need proprietary features (and you'll > wish you don't), > > any router will be fine, the only difference will > come from: > > - the chassis being non-blocking or not (i.e. > backplane design) > > - the price per port > > - the operating OS > > - the feeling you'll get with the salesperson, and > the reputation of > > their Support Teams. > > - vendor specific features such as Flow Sampling > > To make it simple, most vendors have an IOS like > OS, except Juniper > > which has a really clever and elegant OS, but are > very pricey. > > Foundry and Force10 have the cheapest price per > port > > Cisco does only Netflow, Foundry & Force10 only > SFlow (which is a true > > standard) and I think Juniper does JFlow > > Cisco's kits are packed with proprietary protocols > (HSRP and GLBP > > instead of VRRP, their own ethernet trunking, > EIGRP as their own and > > yet extremely efficient IGP, TCL scriptable > CLI...) , some of them are > > really good, some are crappy, but I suggest you'd > stick with IEEE/IETF > > protocol to avoid future trouble. > > > > One thing: RSTP/802-1w is very (very, very, very) > not often > > interoperable between vendors who all have their > own interpretation of > > the norm and can quickly turn into a nightmare. > > I'd strongly suggest try&buys if (R)STP > interoperability is required, > > but I'm a little paranoid :) > > > > Greg VILLAIN > > Independant Network & Telco Architecture > Consultant > > > > > > > > > -- > "Those who do not create the future they want must > endure the future they > get." > ~Draper L. Kaufman, Jr. > -- > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/newsearch/category.php?category=shopping
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