[j-nsp] RE-S-X6-64G & ISSU?

[Sebastian Becker]

Same here. Clearly the new RE will help (how good is still in evaluation) in software issues but failing hardware is not covered so there is still the need for a dual RE setup.

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Sebastian Becker
sb at lab.dtag.de

> Am 11.11.2016 um 07:44 schrieb Mark Tinka <mark.tinka at seacom.mu>:
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> On 11/Nov/16 00:44, Clarke Morledge wrote:
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>> Right now, we do employ redundant routing engines (1300s and 1800s),
>> but mostly with ISSU in mind. The failure rate for routing engines,
>> even with the older hard disk models, has been rather low, in our
>> experience. So, the primary benefit has been to provide support for
>> "hitless" upgrades via ISSU.
> 
> We've had at least 3 RE's fail every year on different platforms, for
> various reasons. That is too high for us.
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> I think the ability to VM's is great, especially because you can
> cut-over upgrades much more quickly, and you can have different versions
> of Junos doing different things on the same box, e.g., one VM doing
> Business services on 2 line cards, another VM doing Subscriber
> Management on 2 other line cards, e.t.c.
> 
> But I don't think it negates the need for dual RE's. RE's are still
> fragile, and things happen.
> 
> Mark.
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