I haven't done real world testing with Vyatta but we consistently pass 750KPPS+ without the slightest hiccup on our FreeBSD routing systems.
Correct hardware with the right configuration can make all of the difference. -----Original Message----- From: "Dobbins, Roland" <rdobb...@arbor.net> Date: Tue, 13 Jul 2010 16:15:18 To: NANOG list<nanog@nanog.org> Subject: Re: Vyatta as a BRAS On Jul 13, 2010, at 10:58 PM, Joe Greco wrote: > It's interesting. One can get equally militant and say that hardware based > routers are irrelevant in many applications. When BCPs are followed, they don't tend to fall over the moment someone hits them with a few kpps of packets - which should be a key criteria for an edge device. The same can't be said of software-based devices. If maintaining availability is important, then hardware-based (semantic hairsplitting aside) devices are a requirement. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Roland Dobbins <rdobb...@arbor.net> // <http://www.arbornetworks.com> Injustice is relatively easy to bear; what stings is justice. -- H.L. Mencken
