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Re: PC Routers (was Re: /24s run amuck)

  • From: alex
  • Date: Wed Jan 14 21:53:51 2004

> One problem is that with Cisco, unless you are buying the largest
> platforms available, each Cisco series uses different underlying
> hardware with different performance characteristics and images. You need
> to keep track of lots of separate images and versions when doing
> upgrades. With a network boot OS for each POP, you can do version
> control much much more easily.
In words of Randy, "I encourage all my competitors to network boot their 
routers".

Seriously - that's insane, multiple single points of failure.

-alex





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