Re: Zebra/linux device production networking?
In article <cistron.Pine.LNX.4.62.0606070809350.15086@sokol.elan.net>, william(at)elan.net <william@elan.net> wrote:
you should be able to set linux that is secure as freebsd. There are some differences in the routing code whereas Linux is designed with per-flow based switching in mind (which works very well when used as a server)
Nobody noticed, but Linux 2.6 has alternative FIB code you can select when compiling the kernel. Yes, it is fairly new and I'm not sure it is production quality, but still. The config option is IP_FIB_TRIE, for the LC-trie algorithm. It's supposed to be something like CEF. Mike.
I'm running ImageStream routers for the Internet distribution side of my network (2 edge routers, 2 core routers) and I'm extremely happy... This is a datacenter network and my customers are happy, I guess that's all that counts. In my opinion, I prefer to go with a open-source based solution because of pricing and customizability... I can build a script and load it into the equipment to give me any type of statistic I want... And I don't have to wait for a new IOS release. JP On 6/7/06, Miquel van Smoorenburg <miquels@cistron.nl> wrote:
In article <cistron.Pine.LNX.4.62.0606070809350.15086@sokol.elan.net>, william(at)elan.net <william@elan.net> wrote:
you should be able to set linux that is secure as freebsd. There are some differences in the routing code whereas Linux is designed with per-flow based switching in mind (which works very well when used as a server)
Nobody noticed, but Linux 2.6 has alternative FIB code you can select when compiling the kernel. Yes, it is fairly new and I'm not sure it is production quality, but still. The config option is IP_FIB_TRIE, for the LC-trie algorithm. It's supposed to be something like CEF.
Mike.
-- Justin W. Pauler Baton Rouge, LA
On Wed, 7 Jun 2006, Justin W. Pauler wrote:
I'm running ImageStream routers for the Internet distribution side of my network (2 edge routers, 2 core routers) and I'm extremely happy... This is a datacenter network and my customers are happy, I guess that's all that counts.
In my opinion, I prefer to go with a open-source based solution because of pricing and customizability... I can build a script and load it into the equipment to give me any type of statistic I want... And I don't have to wait for a new IOS release.
Note that imagestream is the worst of both worlds. it is ghetto like opensores but you don't get the source to fix it yourself if vendor is not being helpful. -alex
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