[5467] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: GigaRouter (Was Re: Cisco as Big Brother))
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Rob Liebschutz)
Sat Oct 19 18:37:14 1996
Date: Sat, 19 Oct 96 15:35:33 PDT
From: Rob Liebschutz <rob@rjl.com>
To: Vadim Antonov <avg@quake.net>
Cc: alexis@panix.com, michael@memra.com, nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: Your message of Sat, 19 Oct 1996 13:47:17 -0700
> Alexis Rosen <alexis@panix.com> wrote:
>
> >Of course I'm not saying that I *Want* to use an HD in this situation; flash
> >is clearly a big win.
>
> In my experience flash is a lot _less_ reliable than HDs. Ciscos losing
> flash contents aren't that uncommon.
Is this a general statement about flash, or just about the flash in Ciscos?
I'd find it hard to believe that well designed solid state devices could
be lest reliable than a disk drive, especially since a large part of a disk
drive is solid state as well.
>
> >But I don't see how using a floppy or ZIP improves
> >wins.
>
> Floppy doesn't rotate until it's boot time; and in COs dust is not
> a big problem.
>
> So, for a boot device floppy is probably the best (providing it's not
> an el cheapo device). An additional benefit is that it's easy for
> field personnel to handle.
>
> --vadim
>
