On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 4:14 PM, Andreas Echavez <andr...@livejournalinc.com > wrote:
> > The most reliable/cost effective solution is the cheap and redundant > approach to architecture. > > Reliable hardware is incredibly inexpensive, and every year we get better > CPUs and (recently) GPUs that are providing APIs and interfaces to their > incredible parallel processing capability. > > -Andreas > > +1 Scaling Horizontally. Applies to your networking gear, your applications, etc. If you assume anything is going to break, just get more and scale/architect properly. > On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 6:51 AM, Alain Hebert <aheb...@pubnix.net> wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > As usual this end-up in what people prefer. > > > > Vyatta is as good as the hardware it runs on, the backend they use and > > the people configuring/maintaining it. > > > > The nature of ASIC make it more reliable than a multi-purpose device > > (aka server) running an OS written for it. > > > > It end up being a choice between risk and cost and being that you can > > get your hand on second hand iron for cheap these days... > > > > Why risk it. > > > > > > ----- > > Alain Hebert aheb...@pubnix.net > > PubNIX Inc. > > 50 boul. St-Charles > > P.O. Box 26770 Beaconsfield, Quebec H9W 6G7 > > Tel: 514-990-5911 http://www.pubnix.net Fax: 514-990-9443 > > > > > > On 09/15/11 09:05, Ray Soucy wrote: > > > >> Is Vyatta really not suited for the task? > >> > >> I keep checking up on it and holding off looking into it as they don't > >> support multicast yet. > >> > >> Modern commodity sever hardware these days often out-powers big iron > >> enough to make up for not using ASICs, though, at least on the lower > >> end of the spectrum. > >> > >> Does anyone have any more details on Vyatta not scaling? Were you > >> trying to run it as a VM? What were you using for NICs? etc. > >> > >> The hardware matters. Saying Vyatta doesn't cut it could mean > anything... > >> > >> On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 7:36 PM, Dobbins, Roland<rdobb...@arbor.net> > >> wrote: > >> > >>> On Sep 14, 2011, at 5:54 AM, Deepak Jain wrote: > >>> > >>> Some enterprises get MPLS L3 VPN service from their providers, and > need > >>>> boxes that can route packets to it and speak BGP to inject their > routes. > >>>> They are not, per se, connected to the Internet, and thus won't be > >>>> "zorched", at least in the sense you are using it. > >>>> > >>> Hence 'public-facing'. > >>> > >>> ;> > >>> > >>> ------------------------------**------------------------------** > >>> ----------- > >>> Roland Dobbins<rdobb...@arbor.net> //<http://www.arbornetworks.**com< > http://www.arbornetworks.com> > >>> > > >>> > >>> The basis of optimism is sheer terror. > >>> > >>> -- Oscar Wilde > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >> > >> > > > -- Brandon Galbraith US Voice: 630.492.0464
