[c-nsp] IPv4/v6 Route Reflectors - Which router to choose?

[Elmar K. Bins]

Re Gert,

gert at greenie.muc.de (Gert Doering) wrote:

> I wouldn't use a 7600 as RR.  The CPU is slow, and the powerful hardware
> forwarding engine is not needed here.

Actually, BGP on anything up to a SUP720-3BXL *sucks*, because the CPU
crawls along. Feels like my grandma without the steroids.

> 
> The 7301 or 7201 (=7200 + NPE-G1 or NPE-G2) would make a good RR - the
> CPU is (for a Cisco router) fairly fast, the IOS is mature (don't use
> anything with letters on it), and they can take enough RAM for large
> BGP tables.

7301s are a good choice (you could even think about 7401s *d&r*), but
they are only on the used market. The designated successor is 7201,
which boasts twice the horsepower. Both perform excellent regarding
BGP, they even outpace fast Quaggas sometimes.

And stop ranting about letter-prone IOSes. They are also rock stable,
especially the 12.3T tree. And 12.4(25)b is not causing trouble either.

;)

> No idea, but last time I checked, the 39xx were more expensive than a 
> 7301...

You would be looking at the used market, right?

My last check had something between 10-14kEUR on the 7201 as a price tag.

Yours,
	Elmi.

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