[112123] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: real hardware router VS linux router
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Patrick W. Gilmore)
Thu Feb 19 11:23:43 2009
From: "Patrick W. Gilmore" <patrick@ianai.net>
To: NANOG list <nanog@nanog.org>
In-Reply-To: <6069A203FD01884885C037F81DD75080C447EB4C@wsc-mail-01.intra.nwresd.k12.or.us>
Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2009 11:23:33 -0500
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On Feb 19, 2009, at 10:54 AM, Bill Blackford wrote:
> In scaling upward. How would a linux router even if a kernel guru
> were to tweak and compile an optimized build, compare to a 7600/
> RSP720CXL or a Juniper PIC in ASIC? At some point packets/sec
> becomes a limitation I would think.
I've asked this before and been told you can get PCI cards with
multiple GigE ports, or even build specialized PCI cards that look
like PICs.
So I congratulated them on re-inventing Juniper.
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TTFN,
patrick
