Xedia vs Packeteer Comparsion
Christofer Hoff
hoff at nodewarrior.net
Fri Oct 30 21:35:02 UTC 1998
Matthew:
What version of code are you running in your 4000 -- I see no such latency
issues nor packet drop and we regularly push 20+ Mb through our boxes...
sits between a Cisco 75xx and Catalyst 5000 Switch.
Are you using the same cable/cables when you place the packetshaper
in the network vs. when it is out? Also, have you looked at the CLI for
the NIC stats?
Chris
At 02:35 PM 10/30/98 -0600, matthew zeier wrote:
>
>I've been using the Packetshapper 4000 and have been having terrible
>performance when I consistantly push out 20Mbps+. The pshaper4k sits
>between my edge router and my backbone FE switch (so all traffic goes
>through it).
>
>Withouth going into too much detail, when the box inline with power on
>(and shaping on or off), I get about 10% packet drop and anywhere from
>20ms-1000ms delay going through that box. If I power it off or take it
>out of the picture, problem goes away.
>
>I've hit some limits because before I was consistantly above 20Mbps, the
>box worked very well. I've had the tech guys take a look at it and they
>did mention I was hitting some hard limits.
>
>- mz
>
>
>On Fri, Oct 30, 1998 at 09:25:16AM -0800, bcurnow wrote:
>>
>> I'm doing such a comparison right now..
>>
>> Here are the things I am concerned about:
>>
>> Xedia: Does T3/ATM interfaces and routes
>> Packeteer: Bridge Ethernet only.
>>
>> Xedia: 600 individual profiles
>> Packeteer: 4096 (I think, double checking that with them)
>>
>> Xedia: Doesn't need two routers
>> Packeteer: Since it only bridges, it has to be between two intelligent
>> devices. I don't think looping it out and back to the same Cisco would
>> work.
>>
>> Since I need more profiles, I am leaning toward a Packeteer.
>>
>> If anyone else has notes, I would like to hear them.
>>
>> ----------------- Brian Curnow ----------------
>>
>> On Fri, 30 Oct 1998, Michael Gibson wrote:
>>
>> > I wonder if anybody one there has had experience with both xedia and
>> > packeteer and would let me know what the strengths and weaknesses was of
>> > each
>> >
>> >
>> > Michael Gibson
>> > Team Leader, Network Operations - Netcom Canada
>> > Telephone: 416-341-5751 Fax: 416-341-5725
>> > magibson at netcom.ca
>> >
>> >
>
>
>--
>matthew zeier - "Chance is irrelevant - we will succeed." - 7 of 9
>
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