* Steve Bertrand <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [070919 21:14] wrote: > >>> Essentially, I'd like a board with at *least* 6 PCI-X slots, and perhaps > >>> 8 RAM slots (if I can find justification that my router will work better > >>> with up to 16GB of memory). > > > > Why would you go with PCI-X? it's slow and getting end-of life.. > > > > go for PCI-Express. > > there are quad PCI-E gigabit cards available. > > Much lower packet latency. > > As per my last email to Sten and the list... > > I'm not a hardware person. PCI-E, PCI-X, I don't know the difference. > > It was assumed that others would understand what I wanted and be able to > make recommendations to me, and correct me on my terminology. > > All I do know is that there is something more than ISA slots, and 386's > now ;) > > My request wasn't for clarification on motherboard technicalities, it > was essentially a request on a recommendation for a hardware/software > platform based on FreeBSD, that could possibly replace a Cisco 7206-VXR > based on the NPE-G2 processing engine (or equivalent).
Juniper is based on FreeBSD. ;-) -- - Alfred Perlstein _______________________________________________ freebsd-net@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
