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Re: (ASCEND) Max 4000 memory
At 10:37 AM 8/8/98 -0400, Bao C. Ha wrote:
>
>I have just got my hands on an old Max 4000.
>
>I have a few questions:
>
>(1) How do I upgrade the memory: DRAM and flash? I seem to get
>an impression that the 4000's memory cannot be upgraded, but the
>TNT can.
The 4000 has fixed memory and cannot be upgraded.
>(2) I have seen all of the terrible throughput and performance
>results reported on the Max 4000. Is it true? Compared to the
>Cisco AS5200 (We have been an all-cisco shop until now)? The
>Max's I960-25Mhz should beat the Cisco's 030-20Mhz easily in
>pushing packets.
CPU clock rate is only one part of measuring a systems performance and
certainly not the most important part. In any case, the configuration and
utilization will determine the performance characteristics.
Matt Holdrege http://www.ascend.com matt@ascend.com
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