> -----Original Message----- > From: Paul Wall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2008 11:25 AM > To: Drew Weaver > Cc: nanog@nanog.org > Subject: Re: Replacement for Avaya CNA/RouteScience > > Going off this and previous posts, you'd well-served to follow the > advice you sarcastically dispense, and hire an engineer. > > Opex and capex (spread over a ~2 year product lifetime) costs for the > above solutions in a small (several gigabits, several transit > providers) environment are right up there with the salary of a junior > to mid-level networking professional in most markets. By hiring a > live human, you get not only somebody who can tweak localpref, but > also a critical thinker who can aid in troubleshooting outages and > help you plan for growth. > > Paul
I'd like to hire that engineer, please. Can you send me his resume? Here's the job description: - Required to works 24x7x365. - Must monitor all network egress points to examine latency, retransmissions, packet loss, link utilization, and link cost. - Required to "tweak localpref" on an average of 5000 prefixes per day, based upon a combination of the above criteria. - Required to write up a daily, weekly, and monthly report to be sent to all managers on said schedule. - Must not require health or dental care. These devices are not a replacement for an actual engineer. They are a supplement to the network to assist the engineer in doing what he should be doing - engineering and planning as opposed to resolving some other network's packet loss/blackhole/peering dispute/latency problem. -evt
