[112124] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: real hardware router VS linux router
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ray Burkholder)
Thu Feb 19 11:30:48 2009
From: "Ray Burkholder" <ray@oneunified.net>
To: <nanog@nanog.org>
In-Reply-To: <6069A203FD01884885C037F81DD75080C447EB4C@wsc-mail-01.intra.nwresd.k12.or.us>
Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2009 12:30:25 -0400
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>
> 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.
>
Is anyone building linux/bsd-box add-on cards with off the shelf packet
processors? Maybe something with the likes of
http://www.netlogicmicro.com/ or whatever?
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