[c-nsp] Peering Router/Switch

[Samir Abid Al-mahdi]

Thanks a lot for the valuable information.

For the 10G port density, do you recommend that I install a 10G port
Ethernet switch with router on a stick router like your recommendation for
the ASR ?

If so, kindly, what is your recommendation for such a switch ?

Appreciate your support.

BR

On 5 October 2015 at 12:23, Mark Tinka <mark.tinka at seacom.mu> wrote:

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>
> On 5/Oct/15 11:15, Samir Abid Al-mahdi wrote:
>
> Hi
> Actually i am expecting more than that.
>
> If we leave the budget constrain, what is your kind recommendation??
>
>
> Okay, so the NPE-G2 won't help.
>
> Your decisive factor then becomes how many routes you want to hold. A
> switch would be great for peering from a forwarding performance
> perspective, but you can't hold a lot of routes. Also, BGP features may be
> restricted compared to a typical router (yes, the ASR920, ME3600X/3800X and
> ACX5000 can be thought of as routers), but then you can't scale the FIB.
>
> Assuming you're using the router purely for peering, you'll likely be
> holding about 40% - 50% of the global routing table at the high-end. So you
> can use older, cheaper hardware-based routers like the Juniper M7i or Cisco
> ASR1002 (the latter being the better option of the two).
>
> As you're going to push beyond 1Gbps, you can consider a LAG to keep your
> costs down. If you have to consider a 10Gbps port, then your price could go
> up, but you'd still be okay since you can pick these up on the used market
> for a reasonable price.
>
> Mark.
>



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