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09-11-2015, 10:26 PM
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End of software support was last year for that...
End of software support was last year for that model, so if you run into a bug or exploit it's not getting fixed. ...
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09-05-2015, 04:59 PM
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Sure, but you can buy 2 Ubiquiti EdgeSwitch Lite...
Sure, but you can buy 2 Ubiquiti EdgeSwitch Lite units for less than the cost of a single unit from Juniper/Cisco/Arista/Dell/HP with the additional cost of the optional redundant power supply. So...
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03-16-2015, 11:57 AM
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RAID. Redundant Array of Independent (cheap)...
RAID.
Redundant Array of Independent (cheap) Datacenters.
In nearly every scenario, multiple locations with individual single points of failure will still provide for better uptime numbers than... -
12-30-2014, 02:52 AM
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The Nexus 5ks are cheap on eBay because almost...
The Nexus 5ks are cheap on eBay because almost everyone who purchased one for use in a production environment wishes they hadn't.
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02-01-2014, 12:16 PM
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Exactly. Common control plane, common failure...
Exactly. Common control plane, common failure domain. You hit a software issue that results in something like CEF table corruption, you've now hosed both switches instead of just having a glitch on...
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02-01-2014, 11:03 AM
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The SUP720 can do VSS as well, although I still...
The SUP720 can do VSS as well, although I still don't understand the appeal of taking 2 operationally independent switches and merging them into a common failure domain.
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01-13-2014, 01:00 AM
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A lot of that depends on your equipment refresh...
A lot of that depends on your equipment refresh cycle.
Cutting everything to length looks great for the equipment on day 1, but if you ever change your rack layout (say going from 1U boxes to... -
12-21-2013, 03:38 PM
Thread: Intel Atom Virtualization in Dedicated Server
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SolusVM is a control panel, not a hypervisor, so...
SolusVM is a control panel, not a hypervisor, so you really need to do some more research into this area before you start.
You can do Xen Paravirtualization or use OpenVZ on an Atom, anything... -
11-23-2013, 03:53 PM
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For voip, latency isn't really all that important...
For voip, latency isn't really all that important of a metric as long as it's under 150ms. (which it will be anywhere in the continental US on terrestrial networks)
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11-23-2013, 03:58 AM
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That's entirely dependent on where traffic from...
That's entirely dependent on where traffic from those servers is being sent.
Pick the facility with the best paths of connectivity to the users and services to which you want to pass traffic. -
09-06-2013, 11:22 AM
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If you're going to colo gear just for SIP and...
If you're going to colo gear just for SIP and you're asking these questions, you're on the completely wrong path. Spending your money on almost anything else would be a better use of resources.
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08-26-2013, 01:22 PM
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At that point it's no longer out-of-band access....
At that point it's no longer out-of-band access. Depending on how you intend to use IPMI, that could be the equivalent of pointing a loaded gun at your foot.
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07-08-2013, 01:18 PM
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The issue is quite simply this: Cogent is...
The issue is quite simply this:
Cogent is trying to assert that taking traffic from Netflix in any given facility and handing it off to Verizon off the same switch has equivalent infrastructure... -
05-10-2013, 01:30 AM
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If you track the advertisements out of AS7922...
If you track the advertisements out of AS7922 into AS174, it looks like Comcast is trying to shift that traffic around to no avail.
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05-09-2013, 02:27 AM
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Peering between Cogent and Comcast, in...
Peering between Cogent and Comcast, in particular, is getting worse in multiple locations. There has been regular peak hours packet loss out east (Ashburn, Atlanta, Miami) for a couple months now,...
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05-05-2013, 02:07 AM
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The OP's been suspended, so I wouldn't expect a...
The OP's been suspended, so I wouldn't expect a reply in this thread anytime soon.
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04-27-2013, 04:37 PM
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Services sold out of ColoUnlimited...
Services sold out of ColoUnlimited on a switch that was state of the art in 1998 that provides your customers with packet loss that you are unable to track down?
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01-07-2013, 10:31 PM
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I'm coming up on 2 years of service with them in...
I'm coming up on 2 years of service with them in ATL (34 Peachtree) -- generally things are trouble-free, and when there is a problem it is handled quickly.
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12-18-2012, 02:24 PM
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This should explain everything: ...
This should explain everything: http://bit.ly/WnHLFi
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09-17-2012, 01:53 PM
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You're also talking about a company that turned...
You're also talking about a company that turned standards-based TRILL into FabricPath, told people "BUILD L2 NETWORKS AS BIG AS YOU WANT!" and started charging $15k per device for licensing.
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09-17-2012, 11:09 AM
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So your plan is to combine 3 otherwise...
So your plan is to combine 3 otherwise independent facilities into a common failure domain?
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08-11-2012, 10:37 AM
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This is why rational people have automated...
This is why rational people have automated regular backups.
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08-10-2012, 03:47 PM
Thread: Sub $50 Atom Dedicated Server in Dedicated Server
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Interserver.net has Atom boxen for $39/mo --...
Interserver.net has Atom boxen for $39/mo -- based in Secaucus, NJ.
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06-12-2012, 11:39 AM
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1) Buy a zen garden. 2) Buy a bubbling brook....
1) Buy a zen garden.
2) Buy a bubbling brook.
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05-27-2012, 03:01 PM
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Pro: It gives this subforum a reason to exist. ...
Pro: It gives this subforum a reason to exist.
Con: It can't make people use the SEARCH function to find the hundreds of existing threads that answer their exact question.
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