Re: 2019 BGP router recommendations
Nathan Ward <[email protected]> Fri, 9 Aug 2019 12:19:27 +1200
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--===============1758258711== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="Apple-Mail=_2C721869-B73F-4B80-AE7E-4A67DC999FE2" --Apple-Mail=_2C721869-B73F-4B80-AE7E-4A67DC999FE2 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 It=E2=80=99s vMX in a router-looking x86 box for people who think = servers are for =E2=80=9CPC Guys=E2=80=9D and not for Real Networking. Just get vMX, get as many PSUs as you want. Get in pink or green. = Whatever works. They let you pay on a subscription, you can upgrade past the 2x10G that = MX150 limits you to, seems pretty great to me. > On 9/08/2019, at 12:15 PM, Tony Wicks <[email protected]> wrote: >=20 > MX150 will handle a few full tables no problem, now if it only had = more than one power supply=E2=80=A6. It is a very attractive price for = what you get however. > =20 > From: [email protected] = <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Phil Snowdon > Sent: Friday, 9 August 2019 11:17 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [nznog] 2019 BGP router recommendations > =20 > Hi All, > =20 > Looking for some recommendations for BGP edge routers. > =20 > Have used Juniper devices for years, but interested to hear what else = may be out there. Requirement is just to shift packets and multihome to = a few upstream transit providers with full routing tables and several = peering partners with more limited route table sizes. Traffic volumes = in the gigs to low 10's of gigs. > =20 > I seem to be getting into a situation where the high end boxes to cope = with routing table sizes are overkill in terms of features and = performance (and price). But match performance and there's not enough = memory to run the BGP. > =20 > Prefer a supported vendor device rather than roll your own open source = solution. > =20 > =20 > Thanks > =20 > Phil > _______________________________________________ > NZNOG mailing list > [email protected] > https://list.waikato.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/nznog --Apple-Mail=_2C721869-B73F-4B80-AE7E-4A67DC999FE2 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 <html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Dutf-8"></head><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; = -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" = class=3D"">It=E2=80=99s vMX in a router-looking x86 box for people who = think servers are for =E2=80=9CPC Guys=E2=80=9D and not for Real = Networking.<div class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div class=3D"">Just get = vMX, get as many PSUs as you want. Get in pink or green. Whatever = works.</div><div class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div class=3D"">They = let you pay on a subscription, you can upgrade past the 2x10G that MX150 = limits you to, seems pretty great to me.<br class=3D""><div><br = class=3D""><blockquote type=3D"cite" class=3D""><div class=3D"">On = 9/08/2019, at 12:15 PM, Tony Wicks <<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]"= class=3D"">[email protected]</a>> wrote:</div><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=3D""><div = class=3D"WordSection1" style=3D"page: WordSection1; caret-color: rgb(0, = 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; = font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; = text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: = normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; = text-decoration: none;"><div style=3D"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; = font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=3D""><span = class=3D"">MX150 will handle a few full tables no problem, now if it = only had more than one power supply=E2=80=A6. It is a very attractive = price for what you get however.<o:p class=3D""></o:p></span></div><div = style=3D"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: = Calibri, sans-serif;" class=3D""><span class=3D""><o:p = class=3D""> </o:p></span></div><div style=3D"margin: 0cm 0cm = 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" = class=3D""><b class=3D""><span lang=3D"EN-US" = class=3D"">From:</span></b><span lang=3D"EN-US" class=3D""><span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><a = href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" = class=3D"">[email protected]</a> <<a = href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" = class=3D"">[email protected]</a>><span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><b class=3D"">On Behalf = Of<span class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Phil Snowdon<br = class=3D""><b class=3D"">Sent:</b><span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span>Friday, 9 August 2019 11:17 = AM<br class=3D""><b class=3D"">To:</b><span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><a = href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" = class=3D"">[email protected]</a><br class=3D""><b = class=3D"">Subject:</b><span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span>[nznog] 2019 BGP router = recommendations<o:p class=3D""></o:p></span></div><div style=3D"margin: = 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" = class=3D""><o:p class=3D""> </o:p></div><div class=3D""><div = style=3D"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: = Calibri, sans-serif;" class=3D"">Hi All,<o:p class=3D""></o:p></div><div = class=3D""><div style=3D"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; = font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=3D""><o:p = class=3D""> </o:p></div></div><div class=3D""><div style=3D"margin: = 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" = class=3D"">Looking for some recommendations for BGP edge routers.<o:p = class=3D""></o:p></div></div><div class=3D""><div style=3D"margin: 0cm = 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" = class=3D""><o:p class=3D""> </o:p></div></div><div class=3D""><div = style=3D"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: = Calibri, sans-serif;" class=3D"">Have used Juniper devices for years, = but interested to hear what else may be out there. Requirement is = just to shift packets and multihome to a few upstream transit providers = with full routing tables and several peering partners with more limited = route table sizes. Traffic volumes in the gigs to low 10's of = gigs.<o:p class=3D""></o:p></div></div><div class=3D""><div = style=3D"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: = Calibri, sans-serif;" class=3D""><o:p = class=3D""> </o:p></div></div><div class=3D""><div style=3D"margin: = 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" = class=3D"">I seem to be getting into a situation where the high end = boxes to cope with routing table sizes are overkill in terms of features = and performance (and price). But match performance and = there's not enough memory to run the BGP.<o:p = class=3D""></o:p></div></div><div class=3D""><div style=3D"margin: 0cm = 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" = class=3D""><o:p class=3D""> </o:p></div></div><div class=3D""><div = style=3D"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: = Calibri, sans-serif;" class=3D"">Prefer a supported vendor device rather = than roll your own open source solution.<o:p = class=3D""></o:p></div></div><div class=3D""><div style=3D"margin: 0cm = 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" = class=3D""><o:p class=3D""> </o:p></div></div><div class=3D""><div = style=3D"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: = Calibri, sans-serif;" class=3D""><o:p = class=3D""> </o:p></div></div><div class=3D""><div style=3D"margin: = 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" = class=3D"">Thanks<o:p class=3D""></o:p></div></div><div class=3D""><div = style=3D"margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: = Calibri, sans-serif;" class=3D""><o:p = class=3D""> </o:p></div></div><div class=3D""><div style=3D"margin: = 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" = class=3D"">Phil<o:p class=3D""></o:p></div></div></div></div><span = style=3D"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: = 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: = normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; = text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; float: none; = display: inline !important;" = class=3D"">_______________________________________________</span><br = style=3D"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: = 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: = normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; = text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;" class=3D""><span = style=3D"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: = 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: = normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; = text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; float: none; = display: inline !important;" class=3D"">NZNOG mailing list</span><br = style=3D"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: = 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: = normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; = text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;" class=3D""><span = style=3D"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: = 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: = normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; = text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; float: none; = display: inline !important;" class=3D""><a = href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" = class=3D"">[email protected]</a></span><br style=3D"caret-color: = rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: = normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: = normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; = white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; = text-decoration: none;" class=3D""><span style=3D"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, = 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; = font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; = text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: = normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; = text-decoration: none; float: none; display: inline !important;" = class=3D""><a href=3D"https://list.waikato.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/nznog" = class=3D"">https://list.waikato.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/nznog</a></span></d= iv></blockquote></div><br class=3D""></div></body></html>= --Apple-Mail=_2C721869-B73F-4B80-AE7E-4A67DC999FE2-- --===============1758258711== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline _______________________________________________ NZNOG mailing list [email protected] https://list.waikato.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/nznog --===============1758258711==--