Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2001 12:19:32 +0200 (CEST) From: Paul Herman <pherman@frenchfries.net> To: Walter Hop <walter@binity.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Software router dimensions Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.33.0104221201520.88695-100000@husten.security.at12.de> In-Reply-To: <198826702.20010421145452@binity.com>
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Hi Walter, On Sat, 21 Apr 2001, Walter Hop wrote: > I was wondering what the dimensions should be for a software > router. For now, I would like to move around 400GB on a daily > basis; this might double in a year. Would a FreeBSD software > router be up to the task? 400GB per day = ca. 40Mbit avg. Sure, FreeBSD can do it, no problem. ...but the OS wouldn't be your problem. Depending on your needs, I would be much more concerned about the hardware. Just about anything you buy new today would be fine, but an old 75MHz pentuim with 32MB RAM and a big list of firewall rules doing full BGP peering probably wouldn't cut the mustard. -Paul. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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