> One problem is that with Cisco, unless you are buying the largest > platforms available, each Cisco series uses different underlying > hardware with different performance characteristics and images. You need > to keep track of lots of separate images and versions when doing > upgrades. With a network boot OS for each POP, you can do version > control much much more easily. In words of Randy, "I encourage all my competitors to network boot their routers".
Seriously - that's insane, multiple single points of failure. -alex
