On Wed, 12 Oct 2005, Orlando Andico wrote:
> 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. > > > this is a big laugh!! tell me how many telcos or carriers are using Linux > for their core routing. i had the impression that the thread context is in cheaplandia where telco-class scenarios are irrelevant. kaya nga i was even checking out linux against a "2nd-hand bare-minimum 3640". is there a telco very so into getting 2nd-hand router stuff proably without after-sales service agreements? of course if you want to laugh and make me look stupid, be my guest and take things out of context. =) > > anybody who cares enough to do BGP for anything more than academic research, > will want the better robustness and freedom from headaches of a REAL router. i went overboard with the RAM department. my intent was simply to show how economical a 1G linux router is vs what a 3640 could offer ram-wise. the BGP routes example was there because BGP routes afaik would be the next thing occupying a router's memory largely. 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
