What's the difference between say…a Cisco AS5350 Universal Gateway and a normal server?
Friday, December 30th, 2011 at
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Well, firstly, just FYI, the AS5350 is no longer produced.
But basically, as a gateway, the AS5350 is meant to handle network traffic (voice data, internet data, firewall, etc). It is a dedicated machine that can handle these tasks very well, and it has a large number of LAN ports so that it can process data from mulitple sources.
A normal server is just like a normal computer that is for general tasks. It is not job-specific like the AS5350, although you technically could install the necessary hardware (extra LAN ports) and have the necessary software to do what the AS5350 can do. However, a normal server will never be as efficent as a dedicated server for a certain task.
Harvested from the ‘net:
The Cisco AS5350 Universal Gateway is the only one rack unit gateway supporting two-, four-, or eight-T1/seven-port E1 configurations that provides universal port data, voice, and fax services on any port at any time. The Cisco AS5350 Universal Gateway offers high performance and high reliability in a compact, modular design. This cost-effective platform is ideally suited for Internet service providers (ISPs) and enterprises that require innovative universal services.