I see and would endorse your view - in fact as I said I am happy with the GB1000 in terms of product/performance and would and indeed have recommended it - in fact I still would if asked. In terms of scalability I see your point, and I had not really considered the option or building a system using a beefed up PC as I like the appliance model where I can get it. I have also just noted that the model they quote is of a lower specification than that currently shipped and the firmware/ software revision is probably out of date too.
The tone of the article is the thing that really staggered me, it is pretty negative and as you say comparisons with higher cost models are misleading - I was a bit indignant to tell the truth as I like the product, and was trying to bring attention to the fact that the potential buyer was being given an impression that was unfavourable to say the least. For the record, we just bought a RoboX for our fringe office VPN and it works a treat as well :-) Best Regards, Steve Leach Network Manager Miami International Limited Eaglescliffe Logistics Centre Durham Lane Egglescliffe URL: http://www.askalix.com TEL: 01642 356205 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dan Swartzendruber" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Steve Leach" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2002 5:43 PM Subject: Re: [gb-users] GB1000 .vs. a Batch of Solutions > At 05:26 PM 2/28/02 +0000, Steve Leach wrote: > >Below is a link to a Network News test review of the Gnatbox GB1000 > >hardware up against a number of it's peers. > >It performs fairly badly in the tests - especially in the dropoff sessions > >area, but gets good marks for features. > > > >http://www.networknews.co.uk/Products/Hardware/1129400#reviews > > > >I am not attacking the GB1000 - it has proven a robust and cost effective > >firewall for us, and indeed that is still the case. > >I wonder though, is the GB1000 falling behind a little in terms of it's > >scalability, I mean, if you were looking for a solution, and read that > >report today - would you choose the GB1000? > > let's be fair here. here were the two recommendations: > > watchguard 4500 prices run somewhere over $7000 US > netscreen 208 list price in the neighborhood of $15000 US > > not boosting gb here, but i frankly wonder at the utility of an article > that compares products with > such a wide range of price and performance. it's also a little > disappointing that the article didn't > mention the gb-flash option - if the cpu in the gb-1000 isn't good enough, > build your own box with, > say, a P4/1.8GHZ box or whatever. > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to the digest version first unsubscribe, then e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
