Fair point.. but in real life, isn't that true for everything... I say the same .... be familiar(honest awareness) with the limits (limitations) and capabilities of your specific solution, be it a 'dyi' or a commercial solution, before pushing it to the limit.
Unless of course, you have factored in the ability to deal with the consequences. Most 'DYI' solutions, make the non-techy bean counters very nervous, and seeing a major 'name brand' label for some odd reason makes them real comfortable, ir-respective of the capabilities or function of either solution. If you have to answer to the bean counters, then this is a very valid point to be considered. :) Faisal Imtiaz Snappy Internet & Telecom 7266 SW 48 Street Miami, FL 33155 Tel: 305 663 5518 x 232 Help-desk: (305)663-5518 Option 2 or Email: supp...@snappytelecom.net ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jared Mauch" <ja...@puck.nether.net> > To: "Faisal Imtiaz" <fai...@snappytelecom.net> > Cc: "Eugeniu Patrascu" <eu...@imacandi.net>, "North American Network > Operators' Group" <nanog@nanog.org> > Sent: Friday, December 27, 2013 4:04:12 PM > Subject: Re: The Making of a Router > > > On Dec 27, 2013, at 3:37 PM, Faisal Imtiaz <fai...@snappytelecom.net> wrote: > > > e.g. If someone says I need a 10g interface, why is it automatically > > assumed that the router is going to be running @ Full Line Rate ? > > Those of us with experience know that when “something bad(tm)” happens, those > features and “expensive silicon” start to show some ROI. Is it a full > trade-off? Depends on the risks of your business and exposure. > > You can get some inexpensive hardware to do fairly fancy features these days. > That can be very good, but caries that risk. Make sure you evaluate it > carefully. > > - Jared
