* andyh@verio.net (Andy Harding) [Thu 06 Dec 2001, 23:15 CET]:
>> The M5 can be stuffed with 48 of them you'll still be able to run
>> them all at full capacity.
> this card over-subscribes the backplane - juniper themselves readily
> admit this
>
> you can't run all these ports full-rate
Good point. I should've done the math myself, too...
Are they making a two-port GigE PIC yet? Those are handy in redundant
setups, where you use either one of them at any time. Doesn't seem like
it - my employer at that time going bankrupt probably didn't add to the
credibility of the request. :-)
Cheers,
-- Niels.
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