[48160] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Routers vs. PC's for routing - was list problems?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Nathan Stratton)
Thu May 23 10:18:28 2002
Date: Thu, 23 May 2002 10:15:29 -0400 (EDT)
From: Nathan Stratton <nathan@robotics.net>
To: "Daryl G. Jurbala" <Daryl@Introspect.net>
Cc: <nanog@merit.edu>
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On Thu, 23 May 2002, Daryl G. Jurbala wrote:
> And that's MY real question. Who has actually done this in a production
> environment that can speak with some real experience on the topic? What
> can you replace with a linux box to route and run BGP for you in real
> life? A 7200? Bigger.
I ran a 100% PC router network for almost 2 years. I used them from
everything from edge aggregation to core routers. You can make BGP do
whatever you want in real life on a PC. I used modified GateD code and
after some work became very happy with it.
> I don't have the facilities to try these things out for real, and
> frankly would be worried about the uptime and finding the RIGHT PC
> hardware that isn't complete junk.
Yes, you need to build your own.
> So I guess it's really two questions: what is a PC capable of replacing
> as far as throughput goes, and just how reliable can a clone (or pick
> your manufacturer) be compared to a unit that was designed by electronic
> engineers to function as a 24x7 mission critical box?
When you want to push over 30 meg you are better off looking at something
other then a x86 to route packets.
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Nathan Stratton CTO, Exario Networks, Inc.
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