I have the exact same OEM boxes Baltic uses, we use them for Powercode
BMUs. They still don't have the kind of temperature range the 1100 has,
it's rated at -30 to +60c, the x86 boxes are 0-40. Granted, they may
work somewhat outside that, but in the summer, they are going to get way
over 40c in some of the enclosures. Plus they are generating a lot more
heat and bringing the temp of the box even higher.
On 6/16/2012 8:12 AM, Scott Reed wrote:
Have you checked out the x86-based routers from Butch Evans or Baltic
Networks rather than putting your own together?
On 6/15/2012 4:30 PM, Simon Westlake wrote:
I have a mix of RB1100 x2AH in towers along with some x86 boxes for
larger towers. The big benefit of the RB1100 x2AH is that it has a
much better operating temperature range than any x86 box you're going
to be able to affordably put together.
So far, I only have three RB1100 x2AH deployed but they are working
very well (they replaced RB493s with similar issues, couldn't process
the needed amount of packets.) I have about 35 RB450/493 deployed and
5 x86 boxes in towers. We'll be using the RB1100x2AH for the future,
I think.. until they get squashed and we need something bigger. Some
of the locations they are at are sitting at 100f+ inside the box and
they are still rocking along.
On 6/15/2012 11:40 AM, Troy Settle wrote:
Curious as to other people's experiences with the 493AH. I have a
site that
needs to push up to about 20Mbit/s and run 150-200 simple queues.
It's been
working fine until we added the queues, then it started dropping
packets all
over the place. I guess we just overwhelmed it?
Looking at the RB1100AH as a replacement, but should we consider
going up to
an x86 based router?
Thanks,
--
Simon Westlake
Powercode.com
(920) 351-1010
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