[j-nsp] Best route reflector platform

[Craig Askings]

On 16 April 2013 08:03, Mark Tinka <mark.tinka at seacom.mu> wrote:

>
>
> > What I want is something based on a generic compute
> > platform, ala JUNOSphere/VIRL.  That lets me scale the
> > control plane as big as I need to, avoids wasting money
> > on purpose-built hardware optimized for forwarding, and
> > comes with the added bonus of using the same OS & policy
> > language that's already widely deployed in my network,
> > so at least I don't get any NEW interop issues.  The
> > downside is that neither vendor sells such a thing right
> > now, and so we're stuck arguing about which square peg
> > fits best into the round hole.  ("small" ASR9k and MX
> > here, FWIW)
>
> You're preaching to the choir.
>
> Then again, I wouldn't suggest an ASR9001 for this task
> either. 8GB is not bad, but you can get 16GB on the ASR1001.
>
> Also, the ASR9001 is a PPC-based platform (unlike the Intel
> Xeon's on the ASR9006/9010), while the ASR1001 is an Intel,
> if that makes any difference to you.
>

I'd love to see Juniper take the xre200, slap some extra ram into it and
call it their route reflector platform.

It would be a reasonable compromise between using generic compute and
Juniper getting $$$ for selling you some tin.

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Regards,

Craig Askings

io Networks Pty Ltd.



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