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Cc: Steve Bertrand <iaccounts@ibctech.ca>, freebsd-net@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: Quagga as border router
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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.