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Re: Vyatta as a BRAS
- From: Dobbins, Roland
- Date: Wed Jul 14 11:44:42 2010
On Jul 14, 2010, at 10:17 PM, Joe Greco wrote:
> The truth is that you can keep throwing CPU at a problem as well. I can size a software based router such that it can remain available.
Not against mpps, or even high kpps, you can't, unfortunately.
> Software based platforms have an incredible edge in areas that hardware based platforms don't, including capex and the ability to find replacement parts after a disaster.
I agree 100% with this, and with much of what you say. My point is that at the *edge* - like a BRAS, which is how this thread started - one must have platforms which can be adequately protected against attack/abuse, and hardware-based platforms are the only practical way to do that.
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