[j-nsp] SRX240 for route-reflector?

Phil Mayers p.mayers at imperial.ac.uk
Mon Aug 17 05:34:07 EDT 2015


On 17/08/15 08:58, Stepan Kucherenko wrote:
> No. Just don't.
>
> SRX has 1 weak MIPS CPU for control plane and it's incredibly slow
> (commits took ages). Just get a couple of vMX/vRR and use them as a
> VM on a non-outdated x86 server, it'll work great.

Agreed. They're nice cheap boxes for a range of use-cases, but I 
wouldn't use one for an RR - way too slow control plane, no dual PSU.

As others have said, vMX/vRR or CSR 1000v for route-reflectors are IMO 
the obvious choice now; we'll move to that when our M7i REs run out of 
steam.


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