[c-nsp] RSP4 as route server? - seeking suggestions and opinions

[Ang Kah Yik]

Hi,

I've only been recently tasked with looking into possible (re)uses for this
box so I'm not sure how it managed to handle 2 sets of full routes either.

The first thing that came to mind when tasked with this was actually
Quagga/OpenBGPD. There appears to be a discussion on Linux Gigabit routers
on the NANOG-ML but the discussion seems skewed towards forwarding
performance rather than BGP scalability.

Understandably, open source routing daemons aren't exactly cisco-nsp, but
could you (or others on-list) share opinions on this?

Thanks!



On Sat, Dec 20, 2008 at 10:42 PM, David Coulson <david at davidcoulson.net>wrote:

> I'm surprised it worked mid 2007 - I've certainly had no success loading
> full tables into 256Mb in the last two years without aggressive filtering.
>
> So, my answer would be 'no'. I'd be tempted to use a Linux or BSD box if
> you just want a basic route server.
>
>
> Ang Kah Yik wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Would an RSP4 (256MB RAM) from a 7505 be any good as a pure route server
>> (no
>> forwarding) for 2 or more full IPv4 BGP tables?
>> Prior to decommissioning in mid '07, it acted as a border router handling
>> 2
>> upstreams but I would like to know if it can cope with routing table
>> growth
>> for at least the next year or so.
>>
>> Suggestions and opinions are most welcome. Cheers.
>>
>>
>>
>


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