[c-nsp] MPLS

[madunix]

agree with you security concern and latency, the overhead to make the
routing work in an MPLS network will
slow the traffic down, this will  creates latency concerns for the customer.

>madunix wrote:
>> I have 3x sites with DS8100 SAN Storage at each side, I will be
>> replicating data from one side to another (A - B, synchronous,
>> distance 100Km) and (B-C, asynchronous, 300Km). Am thinking to use
>> MPLS based on IP-VPN  since its secure and not visible to other
>> customers or internet.
>> Out of your experience ...what do you think about ?
>>
>
>Well, it's not "secure", it's simply routing isolated.  If you want
>security, as in encryption, you will need to do that on your own.
>
>If you need low convergence times, MPLS/VPN is probably not your best
>choice.  I don't know of many (if any) providers who will guarantee the
>convergence times through their network.  You should expect convergence
>times in the 10's of seconds or more for certain types of failures.
>
>You may want to consider getting an L2VPN solution such as VPWS or VPLS and
>running your own routing protocol and failure detection methods.
>


madunix