[167734] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: The Making of a Router
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Faisal Imtiaz)
Fri Dec 27 16:27:12 2013
Date: Fri, 27 Dec 2013 21:24:54 +0000 (GMT)
From: Faisal Imtiaz <faisal@snappytelecom.net>
To: Jared Mauch <jared@puck.nether.net>
In-Reply-To: <71624532-73E8-4230-A201-E19310A5ADB7@puck.nether.net>
Cc: North American Network Operators' Group <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
Fair point.. but in real life, isn't that true for everything...
I say the same .... be familiar(honest awareness) with the limits (limitati=
ons) and capabilities of your specific solution, be it a 'dyi' or a commerc=
ial solution, before pushing it to the limit.
Unless of course, you have factored in the ability to deal with the consequ=
ences.
Most 'DYI' solutions, make the non-techy bean counters very nervous, and se=
eing a major 'name brand' label for some odd reason makes them real comfort=
able, ir-respective of the capabilities or function of either solution.
If you have to answer to the bean counters, then this is a very valid point=
to be considered.
:)
Faisal Imtiaz
Snappy Internet & Telecom
7266 SW 48 Street
Miami, FL 33155
Tel: 305 663 5518 x 232
Help-desk: (305)663-5518 Option 2 or Email: Support@Snappytelecom.net=20
----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jared Mauch" <jared@puck.nether.net>
> To: "Faisal Imtiaz" <faisal@snappytelecom.net>
> Cc: "Eugeniu Patrascu" <eugen@imacandi.net>, "North American Network Oper=
ators' Group" <nanog@nanog.org>
> Sent: Friday, December 27, 2013 4:04:12 PM
> Subject: Re: The Making of a Router
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> On Dec 27, 2013, at 3:37 PM, Faisal Imtiaz <faisal@snappytelecom.net> wro=
te:
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> > e.g. If someone says I need a 10g interface, why is it automatically
> > assumed that the router is going to be running @ Full Line Rate ?
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> Those of us with experience know that when =E2=80=9Csomething bad(tm)=E2=
=80=9D happens, those
> features and =E2=80=9Cexpensive silicon=E2=80=9D start to show some ROI. =
Is it a full
> trade-off? Depends on the risks of your business and exposure.
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> You can get some inexpensive hardware to do fairly fancy features these d=
ays.
> That can be very good, but caries that risk. Make sure you evaluate it
> carefully.
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> - Jared
