Hi Joel, You can mix several architectures, that's not a problem for firewall and routers, IP is OS arch independant. The thing you must consider is packet processing. Some architectures are fast to process for packets than other (with equivalent perfs on paper). If you doesn't need low latency, you don't have to consider this thing. Do you want to make a load balanced infrastructure (like CARP LB) ?
-- Cordialement, Loïc BLOT, expertise en systèmes UNIX, sécurité et réseaux Frost Sapphire Studios Le mercredi 05 décembre 2012 à 10:15 +1300, Joel WirÄmu Pauling a écrit : > Kia ora/hello, > > I am currently redesigning one of our border edge Firewalls and want > to split the existing SPARC64 v215 into several DL140's in an HA - > Active/Load-balanced configuration. > > The Sparc64 hasn't been without issues - and is currently running 4.9 > release + some patches and is due for a re-install in any-case. > > My question is whether or not it is considered a 'good idea' to mix > and match Archs. Effectively The question is if it is worth retaining > the v215 alongside the two dl140's as part of the border FW solution. > > > question to determine if : > > a) Anyone is doing this? (mixing amd64/i386/sparc64) > b) Gotcha's > c) If this is generally considered a 'good idea'? > > > > Kind regards > > -Joel > > http://gplus.to/aenertia > http://linkedin.com/in/aenertia > @aenertia
