[c-nsp] MPLS

[madunix]

I was thinking to ask the following question to my provider, hoping to
get an answer
How robustly architected is the MP-BGP?
How fast is convergence?BGP times ? scan timeres in and out?
What IGP is the provider using in their core?
What bandwidth they gonna guaranteed ?
As you said the convergence time is a real factor?

madunix


On Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 5:50 PM, madunix<madunix at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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.
>>
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> madunix
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