On Wed, 2007-07-18 at 22:11 +0300, Bob Gregory wrote: > My production firewall boxen are still running off diskettes. The downside > compared with a CF/IDE box I use for testing is (1) slower boot and (2) > limited space for packages. But as long as the required packages fit on a > diskette, this is just not an issue for a firewall that reboots maybe a > couple of times a year. > Don't forget: (3) poor media/drive reliability (4) ease of maintainability (not many new machines have floppy drives)
I've been running LEAF/LRP systems for over 6 years. The only problems I've had with the machines not booting has been bad floppies (4 times). Since converting to CF I've never had a problem (with several more installs as well). Personally, I don't consider floppies economical for even home installs anymore (ide->cf + cf card is about $30 - $40 / unit retail). I should mention that even with floppies my LEAF firewalls still beat my Cisco routers (doing the firewalling) for reliability :) -- Trev Peterson Advanced Reality Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: +1 847 406 9018 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ leaf-user mailing list: leaf-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user Support Request -- http://leaf-project.org/
