[j-nsp] Best route reflector platform

[Mick Burns]

Any thoughts on using the Vyatta platform (either software or their
appliance) as a route reflector ?

http://www.vyatta.com/sites/vyatta.com/files/pdfs/Vyatta_app_BGP.pdf

Mick


On Mon, Apr 15, 2013 at 7:26 PM, Craig Askings
<caskings at ionetworks.com.au>wrote:

> 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.
>
> --
>
> Regards,
>
> Craig Askings
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