Re: [nsp] flashdisks vs flashcards?

From: Jared Mauch (jared@puck.nether.net)
Date: Tue Mar 27 2001 - 14:20:43 EST


        I recommend grabbing some 80M ata flash cards (or larger).

        The gsr based images are getting to be ~13M w/ the 3des stuff
in 12.0(16)S.

        The images are not getting smaller anytime soon.

        You should have no problems w/ the ATA flash cards but
you will want to have an updated bootflash: image.

        This will allow you to store a backup image to boot off of
on flash whereas if you have the 20M flash cards you are
unable to do so anymore because of image size.

        - Jared

On Tue, Mar 27, 2001 at 12:07:16PM -0500, Brent Sweeny wrote:
> is anyone using flashDISKS on Cisco equipment? any concerns/gotchas?
> (I'm familiar with the field note on them). what sizes are supported?
> will any vendor of them work, or are there compatability issues?
> are they supported in GSRs? they're not listed in the price list for
> GSRs as they are for other platforms, which made me wonder.
>
> and with regard to flash CARDS, even though larger ones than 20MB are
> available for e.g. digital cameras and PCs, Cisco doesn't sell anything
> larger than 20MB. Are larger ones supported in Cisco gear?
> thanks! Brent Sweeny, Indiana University sweeny@indiana.edu

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