[f-nsp] "affordable" BGP router from foundry?

[Andreas]

Out of the new platform there is nothing smaller than RX4 that will do
what you ask for. Since the bgp table is getting close to 256k routes
alot of the older hardware won't be able to install it into CAM. Afaik.

With a RX4 I would not say that you are IPv4 and IPv6 future proof but I
would rather go with a MLX/XMR platform.

Regards Andreas
On Tue, 2008-03-18 at 10:11 +0100, Jeroen Oldenhof wrote:
> david raistrick schreef:
> > folks,
> >
> > I've recently taken over a reasonably complex network that's 99% foundry.
> >
> > I'm also looking to add some eBGP speaking support at the edge of one of 
> > our networks that doesn't have it now.
> >
> > Initially looking at 2 to 3 transit links with full routes, plus the 
> > possibility of adding peering to the mix.
> >
> > Does Foundry have anything smaller than the RX4 that's applicable for 
> > this?   Everything else that's L3 seems to max out at or below 100k 
> > routes....
> >
> > I'd expect something in the 100 to 400Mb range to pass through a pair of 
> > these.
> >   
> 
> Hi David,
> 
> We run two Bigiron 4000's with an Ironcore management 4 blade. We do 
> about 100mbps through 2 transits, partial transit and a couple of peers 
> on our local IX.
> It does the job, but when facing a DoS (from the inside) the cpu goes up 
> to 100% which makes our network nearly unreachable. Also acl's don't do 
> well..
> We consider upgrading to a JetCore based Bigiron 4000, which has more 
> cpu power and supports stuff like sFlow.
> a complete Ironcore mgmt4 system goes for about $3000,- on Ebay these 
> days, Jetcore based equivalent for about $7000,-
> 
> Best,
>   - Jeroen
> 
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