[c-nsp] ASR as BGP Route Server

[Aivars]

I would like to admit that RR (route reflector) is not the same
feature as RS (route server). Which one is actually needed?


 Aivars

> On 1/23/12 18:45 , Michael Lambert wrote:
>> Hi All,
>> 
>> I was wondering if anyone could comment on experiences (production or otherwise) with BGP route server functionality on the ASR1000 series/IOS-XE.  Can you
>> offer any comparisons (stability, configuration, table sizes, etc) between it and the open-source implementations (quagga, BIRD, OpenBGPD)?
>> 

> Hi Michael,

> ASR1000 is good choice when you plan to deploy RR in your networks. High
> performance is one of key factors when you looking for right platform.
> It's also scalable and provides flexible CoPP mechanisms, hardware and
> software redundancy. Not to mention good price to performance ratio
> especially if you are planning to deploy ASR1001 which performance can
> be upgraded using license while your network is growing. Table size
> depends on how much DRAM you put in it. Check datasheets for details
> about how many prefixes you can store.

> All other solutions are just software running on Linux or Unix systems
> so they are dependent on hardware platform performance and stability.
> Not really good option imo.

> Regards,