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Re: 10GE router resource


From: Adrian Chadd <adrian () creative net au>
Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2008 10:52:01 +0900


On Wed, Mar 26, 2008, Justin Shore wrote:

A computer running Linux is not a server. If it's job is to 
route and forward packets, then it is a router. And the fact
that people are pushing the envelope at 10G is because Linux
routers are already known to do a great job at 1G and below.

Just because you can do something doesn't mean that you should.

Hands up those of you running Cat6500's in service provider
environments.




Adrian


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