> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Murphy, William > Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2008 18:21 > To: [email protected] > Subject: [c-nsp] 6500 vs Packeteer > > Anyone have any input on the pros & cons of 6500 QoS vs Packeteer or > other similar appliance? Specifically I am referring to > Sup720-3CXL QoS > capabilities... Basically my concern is having an appliance as single > point of failure. As I increase redundancy in the network > infrastructure it would be nice if I can achieve desired > QoS/rate-limiting using the switches themselves without > additional gear. > At the same time I believe I will give up some deep packet inspection > capability and a loss of granularity so to speak in identifying > undesirable traffic...
The packeteers I worked with all came with nics that went into bypass when the unit failed, I'm guessing with some kind of watchdog running on 'em. I am however still waiting to see the first one fail of the 3 units I'm running. As for the QoS, it depends on what you need. If you just need policing the sup720 might do fine, however if you want shaping or decent visibility then a packeteer would be more up to it. I'm not one for layer7 inspection, so no experience on that. On the side, the additional network cards you can order for packeteers are the first PCBs I've seen with both intel & amd chips on them. // nick _______________________________________________ cisco-nsp mailing list [email protected] https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/
