Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Linux 2.4 as a router, when is it appropriate? | Date | Fri, 3 May 2002 15:10:57 +0100 (BST) | From | Alan Cox <> |
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> I have heard that performance wise, if you have a fast CPU, > much memory and good NICs that Linux can be as good > all but the high end routers. Are there important missing > features or realiability issues that make using Linux not > suitable for "enterprise" use?
CPU and RAM isnt that important. Your normal limit is the PCI bus bandwidth. At gigabit speeds that becomes a bottleneck, followed by RAM bandwidth. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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