17 Sep
2005
17 Sep
'05
5:11 p.m.
----- Original Message ----- From: "tony sarendal" <dualcyclone@gmail.com> To: <nanog@merit.edu> Sent: Saturday, September 17, 2005 2:25 PM Subject: Re: image stream routers --- snip ---
It sounds to me like a software based machine can be plenty fast with good code under the hood.
In my experience a datacenter pumping out 1Gbps is usually doing 200-250kpps in that direction. Considering this a box capable of around 1Mpps is "plenty fast".
... until you get an inbound ddos over that shiny gige at 1.44 Mpps. in today's world, planning for normal circumstances is woefully insufficient, you have to spec based on worst case numbers because you're almost guaranteed they will hit your network upside the head in the future. -p --- paul galynin