I think what he was saying is that HD's in a router is bad, as I agree.
If a HARD CARD or a ram image could be used fro a epprom that would be
perfect. Less point where it can fail. The point of haveing a hot Spare
is good, but the point is there is still that point of failure in the
mechanical parts. Any downtime is bad downtime.
-=>Adam<=-
"Stephen R. van den Berg" wrote:
>
> John LeMay wrote:
> >I would disagree that Linux could be a major player in the router arena
> >if support was better. While it is true that large companies shy away
> >from Linux, I believe few, if any, organizations have considered using a
> >Linux based routing solution. Using Linux for web, file, print, or
> >application servers is a good idea, however having a router that is
> >built on a PC with hard disks, x86 CPU's (x86 would be the most common
> >used, I'm sure), and off the shelf nic's is not.
>
> Wrong assertion, I guess. It's absolutely a good idea. You can
> create at least 3 Linux routers for the price of every single Cisco router.
> This means that you can have a hot-spare router at every location, and still
> save huge amounts of money. And even if something breaks, it's going to
> be very cheap to repair it.
>
> > I'm certain any person
> >responsible for a large corporate infrastructure would sooner rely on a
> >product designed to perform routing functions.
>
> I can confirm that this assertion is false.
> --
> Sincerely, srb@cuci.nl
> Stephen R. van den Berg (AKA BuGless).
>
> "Be spontaneous!"
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