I've been looking around at network appliance vendors (the people that
make the commercialized hardware that these guys build their platforms
off of) to find some with more power. There are a lot of people out
there making a lot of these things. So far the biggest I've found can do
16x 10GigE and the vendor says the platform is able to move that much,
assuming there isn't a lot of other work going on. He said each
SandyBridge core can do a 10GigE Full Duplex. Dual CPUs with 8 cores
mean that it can do all 10gigE ports.
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Mike Hammett
Intelligent Computing Solutions
http://www.ics-il.com
On 1/26/2012 6:01 AM, Olufemi Adalemo wrote:
Hi Akin,
Better to get a purpose built network appliance like the powerrouter
if you need the extra horsepower, don't want to thrash HP, they make
great servers but the fewer moving parts you have on your routers the
better
- - - - -
Olufemi Adalemo
On Thu, Jan 26, 2012 at 7:32 AM, Akinlolu C. Ajayi-Obe
<aajayi...@as-technologies.com <mailto:aajayi...@as-technologies.com>>
wrote:
Thanks. Thrashing the Juniper just seems to be a waste. I guess I
will use an Intel CPU. Probably an HP DL120 with 2 GB RAM.
Thanks
Akinlolu C. Ajayi-Obe
AS Technologies Ltd
Tel. 234(0)8023258027
-----Original Message-----
From: "Tom DeReggi" <wirelessn...@rapiddsl.net
<mailto:wirelessn...@rapiddsl.net>>
Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2012 00:25:37
To: <aajayi...@as-technologies.com
<mailto:aajayi...@as-technologies.com>>; WISPA General
List<wireless@wispa.org <mailto:wireless@wispa.org>>
Subject: Re: [WISPA] Juniper Network
I had a fun converstation the other day...
The consultant advisor's optinion was the Linux should be replaced
with
Cisco, on the merit that a soultion was needed that was well known, so
investors would feel more comfortable knowing that operating the
network
didn't have to rely on me. Then we discussed to operate the
Cisco, we would
need to hire a $150k per year Cisco engineer, at a cost 4x above the
previous year's operating cost. So I responded questioning the
consultant,
"so you are saying we need build a network that relies on a high
salary
individual other than I? So then if the network breaks, I'd be
helpless, and
I'd be in deep trouble, if the Network engineer quit or asked for
another
raise? The advise didn't sit well with me, and it had nothing to
do with a
technology comparison of the two products types, and I in no way
mean to
downplay the value of Cisco.
My point here is... The most effective router is really the one
that the
user is most familiar with. It doesn't matter how powerful the Cisco,
Juniper and foundry are, if you and your techs dont know how to
operate
them, when you need to on a moments notice. Its really about, which
selection will allow you to more easilly and speedily resolve the
task at
hand.
Its amazing how a $400 Linux Box (such as MIkrotik) can quickly
solve a
problem.
With that said, We've been looking into Juniper lately, I like
that their
new lines are all based on the same Juno OS, which is Linux. :-)
So, my recommendation is... What are you familiar with? Use that.
I'm not familiar with the Juniper model and foundry products
listed to know
if that is a good product to keep or not.
What I will say is, if uysing MIktotik, you want to consider more
than jsut
number of subs. What speed is the Internet backbone the MT would
connect to?
How would you plan to use the Mikrotik, from a protocol feature
perspective?
A MT1100 will easilly push 100mb FDX traffic. But if you plan on
having a
lot of queuing and rules (x200 users), it can be slowed down very
quickly.
In those cases, its worth paying an extra $200-$400, to upgrade to
one of
the faster CPUcore type third party hardware models, such as sold
by Baltic,
Titan, or LinkTechnologies. A Dual core INtel 1.5G-2.4Ghz CPU
model are very
affordble and adds some horsepower for using MT features.
Tom DeReggi
RapidDSL & Wireless, Inc
IntAirNet- Fixed Wireless Broadband
----- Original Message -----
From: "Akinlolu C. Ajayi-Obe" <aajayi...@as-technologies.com
<mailto:aajayi...@as-technologies.com>>
To: <wireless@wispa.org <mailto:wireless@wispa.org>>
Sent: Wednesday, January 25, 2012 2:09 PM
Subject: Re: [WISPA] Juniper Network
>I just took over an abandoned network which I have to get up and
running in
>no time. There's a Juniper J2300, ISG 1000 and some foundry switches.
>Wondering whether to trash the equipment and put in an MT RB1100
in? We
>won't have more than 200 users at the peak. Need suggestions.
>
> Thanks
>
> Akinlolu C. Ajayi-Obe
> AS Technologies Ltd
> Tel. 234(0)8023258027
>
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