28 Jun
2013
28 Jun
'13
5:05 p.m.
I am not proposing hardware over software, but merely alternatives. I like hardware
appliances purpose built for a single task. And, it is what I know. The beauty of this
community is that no solution is off the table and everything works. It is nice to have
options as they all can work together.
To further cross hardware and software barriers, some Cisco switches do run Linux.
At the end of the day, all connectivity to the 44net still relies on commodity Internet
service as its backbone. That is the limitation we are all faced with.
Jesse
WC3XS
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Actually, Linux on x86 hardware is just as much of a "hardware-based"
solution as any proprietary OS on proprietary hardware is. In fact, Linux
on x86 easily outperforms most proprietary hardware solutions up to and
beyond the Cisco 7x00 range, especially with the current Intel architecture
systems. Vyatta (now part of Brocade) and others have proven that over and
over for the last several years.
I hope we can establish something that's vendor neutral, rather than any
type of single vendor lock-in.
Michael
N6MEF
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In the performance class we are operating in, "hardware based" is not really
required.
A suitable box (processor and ethernet interfaces) and software (e.g. Linux
plus some usermode
tools) can do the same thing.
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