[c-nsp] hardware load balancer?

[jim bartus]

Its also crushing an ant with a nuke if you only need 5 - 20mbps.

-jim

On 9/13/07, Dean Smith <dean at eatworms.org.uk> wrote:
>
> There's probably a good reason no-one recommended the ACE
>
> Give it another year and the code might be fit for public use.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cisco-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net
> [mailto:cisco-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of Arie Vayner
> (avayner)
> Sent: 13 September 2007 15:18
> To: Adrian Chadd; Adam Greene
> Cc: Cisco-nsp
> Subject: Re: [c-nsp] hardware load balancer?
>
> Guys,
>
> One thing I did not see in the thread are the HW load balancers you can
> install inside the 6500.
> You could use either the somewhat older CSM or the newer ACE modules:
> http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/modules/ps2706/ps780/index.html
> http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps6906/index.html
>
> Arie
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cisco-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net
> [mailto:cisco-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of Adrian Chadd
> Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2007 17:07 PM
> To: Adam Greene
> Cc: Cisco-nsp
> Subject: Re: [c-nsp] hardware load balancer?
>
> On Thu, Sep 13, 2007, Adam Greene wrote:
>
> > F5 was mentioned most frequently in a positive way IOS SLB on
> > 7200/6500 and Foundry were also mentioned positively and frequently
>
> Depending on the 6500 hardware you're using you might find SLB to be
> slightly temperamental.
>
> I'm not sure whether it was just our local Cisco rep trying to have us
> bust out the cheque book or not, but the feedback we got was "IOS SLB on
> Supervisor 2 is a miracle and not really intended for use." I'm not sure
> if any of my coworkers ever filed TAC bugs when the 6500 would "forget"
> things and require a reboot.
>
>
>
>
> Adrian
>
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