> By your own arguments you also pointed out that solid-state IDE flash > as found in flash drives and solid-state hard disks ARE STILL FAR MORE > EXPENSIVE per megabyte compared to mechanical IDE drives. Given that a > 40GB IDE hard disk would cost you only around P3000 at OEM costs, > assuming that a 128MB flash drive would be at P1000, you'd only get > 384MB of storage at the same price.
but we are not comparing flash drives to hardisks, diba? it's between a solid-state systems such as a Cisco 3640 vs Linux Router with flash drives. so isnt a 2nd-hand bare-minimum Cisco 3640 (with at least one fast/ethernet card and one WAN card) a lot more expensive than a linux zebra router running on a 1GB flash drive (around P3.8K with a lifespan of 100K erase cylcles) with 2 fast ethernet card (baka built-in pa nga ito sa mobo) and one WAN PCI card. tapos, for as little as P6K, the linux router can have 1G RAM to hold the a complete BGP routing table. and how much is a 1G RAM for Cisco. eh less than 1Gig pa ata ang pwedeng ram size ng 3640. baka you can get two linux units (one for standby) pa nga eh and it will still be less than a 3640. pong _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
