[f-nsp] Serveriron XL vs ADX

[Tamas Csillag]

Thanks for all the feedback!

The biggest problem is shipping, as somehow not a lot of these boxes 
made it to Europe... Which rules the SI400/800 series out...
I'm happy with the 100Mb ports and low horsepower, as it'll never see 
any serious traffic anyway.

Looks like even the SI-4G is above my budget on ebay, so I guess I'll 
stick with the old ones...

Thanks again!

Tamas


On 05/13/2013 07:53 PM, Jared Valentine wrote:
> The most recent code versions for each of the ServerIron platforms:
>
> FCSLB8/16/XLs = 7.5
> SI400/SI800s with WSM4s = 9.4
> SI-4G = 11.0
> SI GTC/GTE/350/450/850s with WSM6/7s = 11.0
>
> The ADXs started at 12.0 and go up from there.
>
> I'd go for a 4G and/or GT if you can pick one up on the cheap.  If not,
> you'll still get a lot more with a SI400/WSM4 than an old XL.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: foundry-nsp [mailto:foundry-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of
> Eldon Koyle
> Sent: Monday, May 13, 2013 12:24 PM
> To: foundry-nsp at puck.nether.net
> Subject: Re: [f-nsp] Serveriron XL vs ADX
>
> If you are only wanting to play with basic load-balancing, they are
> relatively similar IIRC (it's been about 4 years since we upgraded from the
> XLs to the ADXes).  The old XLs don't support the new content-based load
> balancing (ie. using an HTTP header to set affinity or using the URL to
> decide which server to send traffic to, I think brocade calls it 'content
> switching').
>
> HTH,
>
> --
> Eldon Koyle
>
> On  May 13 18:01+0100, Tamas Csillag wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> While getting ready for the BCLP 2013, I'm considering getting a
>> Serveriron for my home lab.
>> Question is: does it make sense to get an old FSB8 (FCSLB8), or the
>> codebase on that is useless-ancient compared to an ADX?
>> Of course I can't really afford even an ADX1000 just to fool around...
>>
>> Any input appreciated!
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Tamas
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