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Re: vyatta for bgp


From: "Dobbins, Roland" <rdobbins () arbor net>
Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2011 19:35:59 +0000

On Sep 13, 2011, at 2:08 AM, Michael K. Smith - Adhost wrote:

How do you come to this conclusion?

Unhappy experiences.

;>

 I think a software-based router for enterprise level (let's say on the 1G per provider level) can handle a fair 
amount of zorching.

My experiences indicates otherwise, FWIW.  It's very easy to packet a software-based router over a relatively small 
transit link in the mb/sec range, much less gb/sec - it happens all the time, FYI.

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