Vyatta as a BRAS

[rdobbins at arbor.net (Dobbins, Roland)]

On Jul 14, 2010, at 10:17 PM, Joe Greco wrote:

> The truth is that you can keep throwing CPU at a problem as well.  I can size a software based router such that it can remain available.

Not against mpps, or even high kpps, you can't, unfortunately.

> Software based platforms have an incredible edge in areas that hardware based platforms don't, including capex and the ability to find replacement parts after a disaster.


I agree 100% with this, and with much of what you say.  My point is that at the *edge* - like a BRAS, which is how this thread started - one must have platforms which can be adequately protected against attack/abuse, and hardware-based platforms are the only practical way to do that.

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