On Sun, Sep 26, 2010 at 8:54 PM, <ym1r...@gmail.com> wrote: > As far as I know open source solutions doesn't have support for fabric or > high speed asics. So the throughput will always be a big difference. Unless > you are comparing a pure packet software interrupt platform.
Not high speed ASICs, but there are hardware-forwarding open-source(in a broad definition) solutions: http://netfpga.org There are 3 related presentations on NANOG 50, which suggests these solutions are reaching "real ops" quality. Rubens
