On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 6:12 PM, Les Mikesell <lesmikesell at gmail.com> wrote: > Luke S Crawford wrote: >> >>> i would like to see real performance data via something like netperf >>> with client machines booted from a standardized LiveCD, then >>> peformance under their Linux Distribution and performance under >>> Windows. >> >> >> Performance data is not the most important metric, at least for me. >> >> For me, the big problem is reliability and security. My problem with i am with you, security is my biggest concern. When our network were to started to crawl, i have to wonder if there isn't a worm sucking up all the bandwidth. Stressing a switch may test the reliability of the infrastructure in a safe way - an automated PXE boot at night. Ideally, switch perf reports would include the firmware version. >> used cisco is that getting access to the firmware usually costs more than >> the used parts I'm buying... If I'm going to use the thing as a router at the >> head of my network, I want to be sure that the thing can be secured, and >> sometimes that requires a firmware update. >> >> If someone sold support contracts (by support contracts, I mean firmware. >> I don't need help, I just need the firmware.) for old switches for >> less than the value of the switch, I'd buy. If someone sold >> switches with open source firmware, I'd buy. (I've bought myself an >> OpenGear console server instead of a cheaper used cyclades for similar >> reasons.) > > If you get a service contract on any piece of Cisco equipment, you > typically get download access to all of the firmware updates. However, > in a lot of scenarios there are several choices, each with a different > set of bugs that you won't know about unless you open a TAC case and > tell an engineer exactly what features have to work for you. > > -- > Les Mikesell > lesmikesell at gmail.com > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >