[c-nsp] Re: Packet Generator

[Brant I. Stevens]

Based on my Smartbits experience, 15K isn't going to be enough for a
basic Reflector/Avalanche configuration.  The stuff ain't cheap, by any
stretch of the imagination.

A lot of the cost of these products results in the metrics they provide
for application-based testing...  It isn't at the level of
sophistication of a package like Mercury LoadRunner, but a lot of the
same concepts are there...  "Vusers", "Think-Time", etc...



On 01/20/2005 04:34 AM, "Aaron Glenn" <aaron.glenn at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Thu, 20 Jan 2005 10:09:41 +0100, Thomas Kernen <thomas at ip-man.net> wrote:
>> 
>> Ixia fan here, great hardware and software but way too expensive,
>> sometimes the hardware does show up on ebay & co and some good prices
>> but 15K won't buy you a chassis and cards :-(
>> 
>> Thomas
> 
> I apologize in advance for the naive question, but what exactly are
> these Ixia and Spirent boxes doing that justify five figure price
> tags?
> 
> regards,
> aaron.glenn
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