Re: Gigabit Linux Routers

[Brandon Bennett]

> Well, the J-series are fully software-based routers.  Still, they have
> their own routing daemons and such.

The difference is that Juniper, even on th J-series box, completely
separates the control plane and fowarding plane.

The forwarding plane on a M or T series is going to be a ppc based
chip along with ASIC to do the real lifitng.  In the J-series it is a
emulated FPC running on real-time BSD.

The control plane on both platform is freebsd based. This is also what
an Olive is.  The control plane with no FPC.   You'll also note
horrible forwarding performance on an Olive.

So  a J-series it cannot be compared to a Vyatta or Imagestream even
though it's software based.  I think IOS can be compared more so
(combined fowarding and control planes on software routers)

-Brandon

http://www.juniper.net/company/presscenter/pr/2005/pr-050131.html
http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS4066781213.html

Managed, cheap, DC power switches

[Brandon Bennett]

I have a need for cheap managed DC power switches for our OSS and
Monitoring (backoffice).  I was wondering what everyone else have
found in this space.  I am currently using Cisco 2950's, but those are
still 2.5K list and seems like too much to spend on something so
trivial.

I am looking for something with:
 * Better port density (48 ports per 1U), but 24 ports would work.
 * IOS like configuration (not needed, but would be nice not to
crosstrain my team)  I really don't want anything that is Web only.
 * CHEAP.  The gear is mostly just for monitoring and big backplanes
and features are not really needed.

Thanks,

Brandon