Date: Fri, 07 Sep 2007 15:04:18 +0200 From: =?utf-8?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=C3=B8rgrav?= <des@des.no> To: Kirc Gover <kirc.gover@yahoo.com.au> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: OS choice Message-ID: <86tzq662zx.fsf@ds4.des.no> In-Reply-To: <167927.32637.qm@web44804.mail.sp1.yahoo.com> (Kirc Gover's message of "Fri\, 7 Sep 2007 03\:05\:55 %2B1000 \(EST\)") References: <167927.32637.qm@web44804.mail.sp1.yahoo.com>
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Kirc Gover <kirc.gover@yahoo.com.au> writes: > We are in the stage of planning and research for a commercial > development of an edge router that will be based mostly on OpenSource > software. I would like to solicit for information and recommendation > if FreeBSD is a suitable OS. Yes. > What is the usual or minimum hardware requirement? Is soekris box > enough, or dual core or ASIC based platforms? A soekris box probably doesn't have the I/O bandwidth nor the CPU power to process a full BGP feed. DES --=20 Dag-Erling Sm=C3=B8rgrav - des@des.no
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