[87818] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: workhorse of the future...
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Lincoln Dale)
Wed Jan 11 17:57:26 2006
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From: Lincoln Dale <ltd@interlink.com.au>
To: bmanning@vacation.karoshi.com
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Bill,
alas, i think the days of being able to deploy one type of "god box"
swiss-army-knife router are passing.
depending on what it is that the router is planned to be "doing" defines
its PPS requirements & what speeds/feeds you need to run various
features at.
from http://www.merit.edu/mail.archives/nanog/2005-09/msg00635.html can
you classify what functionality you see yourself as needing?
that pretty much sets the discussion as to whether you're after
something that can be s/w-forwarding or not ...
cheers,
lincoln.
bmanning@vacation.karoshi.com wrote:
>
> first it was the vitalinks, then the bridge gear, then proteon, then cisco AGS,
> then 7600VXR, then 7301s....
>
> looking to find the next-gen workhorse ... looking for 4-6yr life expectancy.
> pointers(private are ok) are appreciated - as well as -why- you think the
> suggested boxen are likely candidates.
>
> --bill
>
>
