On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 9:13 AM, Matthew Dempsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Probably not. I've never had problems with carp's fallover time and > I've never used a Cisco firewall so I don't really know how it > actually compares. I just wanted to suggest a maybe-solution assuming > the supposed slow failover time was a problem. >
I've benchmarked PIX 515s running 7.2 code using stateful failover and the proprietary serial cable. Powering down the active firewall nets about 700-750ms of downtime consistently. How does carp fare?