Re: BGP4 using FreeBSD

From: Michal F. Hanula (frankie_at_kyblik.pieskovisko.sk)
Date: 01/25/04

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    Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2004 10:39:11 +0100
    To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org
    
    
    

    On Sun, Jan 25, 2004 at 10:28:13AM +0100, Kurt Jaeger wrote:
    > The problem with flash is that has its part of wear and tear as well.
    > It's not easy to do a real read-only setup. If you don't, some
    > part of the flash do will wear out. Flash mem do has a finite number
    > of possible writes.
    You can use a memory disk --- with PicoBSD, 16MB of flash and 64MB of
    RAM is enough for a basic router (Of course you need more RAM for BGP).

    The flash can stand several mounts/writes a week for years.

                                                    m&f

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