27 Sep
2010
27 Sep
'10
12:35 a.m.
On Sun, Sep 26, 2010 at 8:54 PM, <ym1r.jr@gmail.com> wrote:
As far as I know open source solutions doesn't have support for fabric or high speed asics. So the throughput will always be a big difference. Unless you are comparing a pure packet software interrupt platform.
Not high speed ASICs, but there are hardware-forwarding open-source(in a broad definition) solutions: http://netfpga.org There are 3 related presentations on NANOG 50, which suggests these solutions are reaching "real ops" quality. Rubens