On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 11:35 AM, Dobbins, Roland <rdobbins@arbor.net> wrote:
On Jul 15, 2010, at 10:23 PM, Joe Greco wrote:
For example, for a provider whose entire upstream capacity is 1Gbps, I have a hard time seeing how a Linux- or FreeBSD-based box could credibly be claimed not to be a suitable edge router.
Because it can and will be whacked quite easily by anyone who packets it, either deliberately or inadvertently. I've seen too many software-based routers fall over with far, far less traffic than 1gb/sec to think otherwise.
Since you've seen "many software-based routers fall over", can you provide details on specific hardware/software/traffic patterns/rates where you've seen these failures? From what I can tell, software based routers are almost universally used in SOHO environments; so it would be nice to know when such solutions are no longer viable in your experience. Thanks, Bill Bogstad