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Date:      Wed, 19 Sep 2007 20:29:04 -0700
From:      Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org>
To:        Sten Daniel Soersdal <netslists@gmail.com>
Cc:        Steve Bertrand <iaccounts@ibctech.ca>, freebsd-net@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Quagga as border router
Message-ID:  <46F1E900.7070604@elischer.org>
In-Reply-To: <46F1BDE1.8090102@gmail.com>
References:  <46F1AC0B.9040109@ibctech.ca> <46F1BDE1.8090102@gmail.com>

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Sten Daniel Soersdal wrote:
> Steve Bertrand wrote:

>>
>> Essentially, I'd like a board with at *least* 6 PCI-X slots, and perhaps
>> 8 RAM slots (if I can find justification that my router will work better
>> with up to 16GB of memory).

Why would you go with PCI-X? it's slow and getting end-of life..

go for PCI-Express.
there are quad PCI-E gigabit cards available.
Much lower packet latency.






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