My company is in the process of deciding whether to go with Cisco ArrowPoint Intelligent Director (ID) or building our own Linux Virtual Server (LVS). From my limited knowledge, I know that Cisco ID is a load- balanced device and many advanced features. I also have very limited experiences with Cisco ID. Furthermore, I also understand that Cisco ArrowPoint is derived from VXworks (a Unix variant) and the device itself is running on a network appliance box (with 128 MB RAM and an IDE hard- drive). On the other hand, I have quite extensive experience with Linux Virtual Server (LVS). I know that LVS also support many similar advanced features mentioned by Cisco ID (if I am wrong, please correct me). I have deployed LVS in production environment for the past 18 months and the LVS box is solid (never has to reboot once). However, management would like to go with Cisco because it has the name "cisco" on the box. They ask for my recommendations. At the moment, I can NOT recommend Cisco ID because I am not that familiar with the product. Anyone who has deployed Cisco ID on their production network with out breaking the network, I would love to hear from you. Regards, Sean _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=771&t=771 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
