[ILUG-BOM] [Hardware] How much is too much?

[jtd]

On Monday 16 Mar 2009, Dinesh Joshi wrote:
> On Sat, Mar 14, 2009 at 12:48 AM, jtd <jtd at mtnl.net.in> wrote:
> > A "proper" router costs 30K ++++. And does less than a linux box
> > with a few extra packages. DNS is just one of the problems.
> > Running a
>
> Oh really? A Linux box on a x86 / x86_64 cannot handle the several
> bazillion packets per second 

Umm their BW must be bagazillions then. Considering that 2Mbps leased 
lines are a luxury in most places, you would have to munge a few cds 
physically thru the router to get that traffic.

> that hit a CISCO router. None of the 
> motherboards actually have the amount of bandwidth that REAL
> routers have.

partly true. However read previous para. A slow poke 33MBs (264mbps) 
pci slot will be able to handle a 100mbps local pipe blasting stuff 
out on a 2Mbps external link.

the bottle necks are elsewhere.

>
> > caching dns will solve the intermittent zero access problems. It
> > still wont help the speed problem without a block list for the
> > doze boxes.
>
> agreed.
>
> --
> Regards,
> Dinesh A. Joshi



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JTD