Date: Tue, 29 Jun 1999 21:55:47 -0700 From: Ulf Zimmermann <ulf@Alameda.net> To: dg@root.com, "Robert J. Adams" <radams@siscom.net> Cc: Barrett Richardson <barrett@phoenix.aye.net>, Francisco Reyes <freyes@inch.com>, "Russell L. Carter" <rcarter@pinyon.org>, freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Redundant Remote Webserver clustering Message-ID: <19990629215547.G7687@TelcoSucks.org> In-Reply-To: <199906300416.VAA01263@implode.root.com>; from David Greenman on Tue, Jun 29, 1999 at 09:16:43PM -0700 References: <015701bec2ab$6af9bb20$3102fbd1@siscom.net> <199906300416.VAA01263@implode.root.com>
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On Tue, Jun 29, 1999 at 09:16:43PM -0700, David Greenman wrote: > >Barrett, > > > >Any particular reason you chose the Alteon over the Foundry ServerIron? We > >are getting ready to pick up a l4 switch and are looking for > >recommendations. > > For what it's worth, a client of mine has had a lot of trouble with the > Foundry gigabit switch (fastiron?)...several of the ports have gone > permanently dead and others go dead until you power cycle it. I've never > had problems like that from the Alteon ACEswitch 180 that I have here. > I've found Alteon products to be very solid all around and I personally > think they are worth any extra money you may have to pay for them. I'd like > to also point out that Alteon has been very kind to the FreeBSD Project - > providing us with both documentation and hardware to develop a driver for > their PCI GE interface. As long I was using the Serveriron from Foundry I had no problems, on the other side I got an Aceswitch which had a SMD chip flying loose inside. > > -DG > > David Greenman > Co-founder/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project - http://www.freebsd.org > Creator of high-performance Internet servers - http://www.terasolutions.com > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message -- Regards, Ulf. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Ulf Zimmermann, 1525 Pacific Ave., Alameda, CA-94501, #: 510-769-2936 Alameda Networks, Inc. | http://www.Alameda.net | Fax#: 510-521-5073 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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