Date: Sat, 16 Nov 1996 10:42:33 -0500 From: dennis@etinc.com (dennis) To: Bradley Dunn <bradley@dunn.org> Cc: isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: changed to: Frac T3? Message-ID: <199611161542.KAA13490@etinc.com>
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>On Fri, 15 Nov 1996, dennis wrote: > >> What I was saying was that I dont thing unix can route a steady >> 86Mbs data stream, so a full T3 on a unix box may very well be >> overkill. > >Hmmm...Apparently you are not aware of the Ascend GRF 400. >http://www.ascend.com/products/grf400/grf400index.html Perhaps you haven't read it yourself? They are certainly not running anything similar to standard unix....they "cheat" by maintaining on-board caches so packets don't have to pass through the IP layer, as BSD design requires. Certainly you can do something similar for BSD systems, but it won't be a standard release O/S afterwards. Such things are OK if you are building a special-function system, but non highly desireable for general purpose O/Ss Dennis
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