Re: Linux 2.4 as a router, when is it appropriate?

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Fri, 3 May 2002 15:10:57 +0100 (BST)

> I have heard that performance wise, if you have a fast CPU,
> much memory and good NICs that Linux can be as good
> all but the high end routers. Are there important missing
> features or realiability issues that make using Linux not
> suitable for "enterprise" use?

CPU and RAM isnt that important. Your normal limit is the PCI bus bandwidth.
At gigabit speeds that becomes a bottleneck, followed by RAM bandwidth.
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