We installed a GSR with two processor cards and a single OC3 card. The
load on our UPS went up by 1% (APC 12kva). The heat generated by that
is nothing compared to the three Akamai caching servers (2u HP's with 8
SCSI drives each and dual power supplies).
Travis
Microserv
Scott Lambert wrote:
On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 10:21:13AM -0400, Matt Liotta wrote:
On Aug 12, 2008, at 9:45 AM, Jeff Broadwick wrote:
GSRs are overkill for what you are doing. In the Cisco world, a
couple of mid-range VXRs would be a better solution.
Or you could use a couple of ImageStream Rebel or Gateway routers
for a fraction of the price.
Either way, I'd use two routers in a redundant configuration with
BGP and VRRP/HSRP for link and hardware failover.
I don't think it is possible to buy VXRs with the right engine to
handle full tables that are cheaper than GSRs.
What if you figure in the cost of a year or three of trying to feed the
GSRs enough amps to keep them passing packets and enough amps to the air
conditioner to keep them from melting?
There have to be reasons that at least one NYC ISP was trying, and
having some difficulty as I heard it, to give the GSRs away.
Note: I do not know the current draw of a GSR vs the current draw of a
VXR. But I have seen the power supplies.
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