[j-nsp] Best route reflector platform

[Phil Bedard]

At some point we might see a virtualized Junos especially with all the SDN
talk and various applications Juniper may want to split onto dedicated
computing hardware.  The JCS1200 is still pushed as a RR platform but
that's not exactly cheap, but the new RE has 48G of RAM.  They also
recommend using the PTX as a route reflector since it has a 16G, runs
64-bit Junos, and by default doesn't download BGP routes into the FIB.
Now that's a really expensive route reflector. :)

I would agree right now the MX240 is probably the best option with the 16G
RE.  


Phil 

On 2/25/13 10:32 AM, "Saku Ytti" <saku at ytti.fi> wrote:

>On (2013-02-25 15:56 +0100), Benny Amorsen wrote:
>
>> On the Cisco side the answer is ASR1k, but it seems less clear-cut with
>> Juniper.
>
>It is clear-cut, the answer just isn't satisfactory, MX240.
>
>JNPR has ESX image for SRX firewall. Why not sell ESX image for
>route-reflection?
>I would prefer blazing fast 1RU PC, but I understand that keeping the HW
>inventory refreshed regularly is a cost, and ESX image is much more
>practical to sell.
>
>-- 
>  ++ytti
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