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Re: real hardware router VS linux router
From: "Patrick W. Gilmore" <patrick () ianai net>
Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2009 11:23:33 -0500
On Feb 19, 2009, at 10:54 AM, Bill Blackford wrote:
In scaling upward. How would a linux router even if a kernel guru were to tweak and compile an optimized build, compare to a 7600/ RSP720CXL or a Juniper PIC in ASIC? At some point packets/sec becomes a limitation I would think.
I've asked this before and been told you can get PCI cards with multiple GigE ports, or even build specialized PCI cards that look like PICs.
So I congratulated them on re-inventing Juniper. -- TTFN, patrick
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