[173867] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Mikrotik RouterBoard and Ubiquiti Networks Routing and Switching
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Rubens Kuhl)
Mon Aug 11 22:16:04 2014
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Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2014 23:15:56 -0300
From: Rubens Kuhl <rubensk@gmail.com>
To: NANOG <nanog@nanog.org>
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> I personally feel like at this level of traffic, A entry level of linux
> server (like dell r210) with adequate domain knowledge is the best
> combination. It would happily do most stuff you throw at it, if you know
> how to use it. Entry level hardware solution tries to hide details from
> user, because they want to target clueless consumers, but it sounds like a
> PITA for me. If I had to learn new stuff, i better spend my time on some
> real industrial stuff (like m7i/m10i ).
>
General purpose servers are usually good performers, but more
network-centric x86 hardware is available, such as:
http://www.serveru.us/en/
And running VyOS on those servers, although requiring to learn some new
stuff, might prove handy due to nice features in device management.
Forgetting to add command lines to /etc/rc.d start-up files is a common
cause for issues using general purpose operating systems, and you will its
CLI very close to the real industrial stuff.
Rubens
