Re: 2019 BGP router recommendations

Nathan Ward <[email protected]> Fri, 9 Aug 2019 14:43:08 +1200
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Yep and also don=E2=80=99t do full tables :-)

> On 9/08/2019, at 2:21 PM, Phil Snowdon <[email protected]> wrote:
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> Seems like the consensus is still pretty much Juniper is the preferred =
vendor of choice. I was prepared to be enlightened into a world of =
alternatives...
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> Thanks all.  Must be almost beer'o'clock
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> On Fri, 9 Aug 2019 at 13:35, Liam Farr <[email protected] =
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
> Did the same exercise, the perpetual + support, or yearly subscription =
path both cost more than vMX after a few years.=20
>=20
> MX150 is better value if your focused on cost and don=E2=80=99t care =
about limitations like single PSU.=20
>=20
> I have been advised that you may not get the performance advertised on =
the data sheet for some protocols, IP forwarding being multi thread / =
CPU core, but some L2/MPLS stuff is only single core, (haven=E2=80=99t =
tested this personally), so can bottleneck. Likewise turning on stuff =
like QOS is supposed to be quite resource intensive as no ASIC.=20
>=20
> - -
>=20
> Liam Farr
> +64-22-6107884
>=20
> Sent from my iPhone
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> On 9/08/2019, at 12:57 PM, Tony Wicks <[email protected] =
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
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>> Licence wise, the 150 stacks up very favourably. I know that is =
counter intuitive, but=E2=80=A6
>>=20
>> =20
>> =20
>> =20
>> From: [email protected] =
<mailto:[email protected]> =
<[email protected] =
<mailto:[email protected]>> On Behalf Of Jesse Archer
>> Sent: Friday, 9 August 2019 12:17 PM
>> To: NZNOG Mailing-List <[email protected] =
<mailto:[email protected]>>
>> Subject: Re: [nznog] 2019 BGP router recommendations
>>=20
>> =20
>> It's basically vMX running on a Juniper hardware box.
>>=20
>> =20
>> Wouldn't it be more cost effective to just grab a vMX license?
>>=20
>> =20
>> Jesse Archer
>> General Manager
>> Full Flavour
>>=20
>>=20
>>=20
>> p. 07 577 0099  ddi. 07 281 1391
>> s. Skype "myfullflavour"
>> e. [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
>> w. fullflavour.nz <http://www.fullflavourmedia.co.nz/>
>> a. Basestation, 148 Durham Street, Tauranga
>> a. PO Box 13403, Tauranga Central, Tauranga 3141, New Zealand
>>=20
>> =20
>> =20
>> On Fri, Aug 9, 2019 at 12:16 PM Tony Wicks <[email protected] =
<mailto:[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
>> =20
>> From: [email protected] =
<mailto:[email protected]> =
<[email protected] =
<mailto:[email protected]>> On Behalf Of Phil Snowdon
>> Sent: Friday, 9 August 2019 11:17 AM
>> To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
>> Subject: [nznog] 2019 BGP router recommendations
>>=20
>> =20
>> Hi All,
>>=20
>> =20
>> Looking for some recommendations for BGP edge routers.
>>=20
>> =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
>> =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
>> =20
>> Prefer a supported vendor device rather than roll your own open =
source solution.
>>=20
>> =20
>> =20
>> Thanks
>>=20
>> =20
>> Phil
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<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"">Yep =
and also don=E2=80=99t do full tables :-)<br class=3D""><div><br =
class=3D""><blockquote type=3D"cite" class=3D""><div class=3D"">On =
9/08/2019, at 2:21 PM, Phil Snowdon &lt;<a =
href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" =
class=3D"">[email protected]</a>&gt; wrote:</div><br =
class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=3D""><div dir=3D"ltr" =
class=3D"">Seems like the consensus is still pretty much Juniper is the =
preferred vendor of choice. I was prepared to be enlightened into a =
world of alternatives...<div class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div =
class=3D"">Thanks all.&nbsp; Must be almost beer'o'clock</div></div><br =
class=3D""><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" =
class=3D"gmail_attr">On Fri, 9 Aug 2019 at 13:35, Liam Farr &lt;<a =
href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" class=3D"">[email protected]</a>&gt; =
wrote:<br class=3D""></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" =
style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid =
rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"auto" class=3D"">Did the =
same exercise, the perpetual + support, or yearly subscription path both =
cost more than vMX after a few years.&nbsp;<div class=3D""><br =
class=3D""></div><div class=3D"">MX150 is better value if your focused =
on cost and don=E2=80=99t care about limitations like single =
PSU.&nbsp;</div><div class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div class=3D"">I =
have been advised that you may not get the performance advertised on the =
data sheet for some protocols, IP forwarding being multi thread / CPU =
core, but some L2/MPLS stuff is only single core, (haven=E2=80=99t =
tested this personally), so can bottleneck. Likewise turning on stuff =
like QOS is supposed to be quite resource intensive as no ASIC.&nbsp;<br =
class=3D""><br class=3D""><div =
id=3D"gmail-m_3424636149209143424AppleMailSignature" dir=3D"ltr" =
class=3D""><div class=3D"">- -</div><div class=3D""><br =
class=3D""></div><div class=3D"">Liam Farr</div><div =
class=3D"">+64-22-6107884</div><div class=3D""><br class=3D""></div>Sent =
from my iPhone</div><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D""><br class=3D"">On =
9/08/2019, at 12:57 PM, Tony Wicks &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]"=
 target=3D"_blank" class=3D"">[email protected]</a>&gt; wrote:<br =
class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><blockquote type=3D"cite" class=3D""><div =
dir=3D"ltr" class=3D""><div =
class=3D"gmail-m_3424636149209143424WordSection1"><p =
class=3D"MsoNormal"><span class=3D"">Licence wise, the 150 stacks up =
very favourably. I know that is counter intuitive, but=E2=80=A6</span></p>=
<div class=3D""><span class=3D"">&nbsp;</span><br =
class=3D"webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div class=3D""><span =
class=3D"">&nbsp;</span><br class=3D"webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div =
class=3D""><span class=3D"">&nbsp;</span><br =
class=3D"webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class=3D"MsoNormal"><b =
class=3D""><span lang=3D"EN-US" class=3D"">From:</span></b><span =
lang=3D"EN-US" class=3D""> <a =
href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank" =
class=3D"">[email protected]</a> &lt;<a =
href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank" =
class=3D"">[email protected]</a>&gt; <b class=3D"">On =
Behalf Of </b>Jesse Archer<br class=3D""><b class=3D"">Sent:</b> Friday, =
9 August 2019 12:17 PM<br class=3D""><b class=3D"">To:</b> NZNOG =
Mailing-List &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" =
target=3D"_blank" class=3D"">[email protected]</a>&gt;<br =
class=3D""><b class=3D"">Subject:</b> Re: [nznog] 2019 BGP router =
recommendations</span></p><div class=3D"">&nbsp;<br =
class=3D"webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div class=3D""><p =
class=3D"MsoNormal">It's basically vMX running on a Juniper hardware =
box.</p><div class=3D""><div class=3D"">&nbsp;<br =
class=3D"webkit-block-placeholder"></div></div><div class=3D""><p =
class=3D"MsoNormal">Wouldn't it be more cost effective to just grab a =
vMX license?</p><div class=3D""><div class=3D""><div class=3D""><div =
class=3D""><div class=3D""><div class=3D""><div class=3D""><div =
class=3D""><div class=3D""><div class=3D"">&nbsp;<br =
class=3D"webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class=3D""><b class=3D""><span=
 style=3D"font-family:Arial,sans-serif" class=3D"">Jesse Archer<br =
class=3D""></span></b><i class=3D""><span =
style=3D"font-family:Arial,sans-serif" class=3D"">General Manager<br =
class=3D""></span></i><span style=3D"font-family:Arial,sans-serif" =
class=3D"">Full Flavour</span></p><p class=3D""><span =
style=3D"font-family:Arial,sans-serif" class=3D""><img =
id=3D"gmail-m_3424636149209143424_x0000_i1025" =
src=3D"http://fullflavour.co.nz/files/7814/0357/5893/full-flavour.png" =
class=3D""></span></p><p class=3D""><b class=3D""><span =
style=3D"font-family:Arial,sans-serif" class=3D"">p. </span></b><span =
style=3D"font-family:Arial,sans-serif" class=3D"">07 577 0099 &nbsp;<b =
class=3D"">ddi</b>. 07 281 1391</span><br class=3D""><b class=3D""><span =
style=3D"font-family:Arial,sans-serif" class=3D"">s</span></b><span =
style=3D"font-family:Arial,sans-serif" class=3D"">. Skype =
"myfullflavour"<br class=3D""><b class=3D"">e</b>. <a =
href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank" =
class=3D"">[email protected]</a><br class=3D""><b =
class=3D"">w</b>.&nbsp;<a href=3D"http://www.fullflavourmedia.co.nz/" =
target=3D"_blank" class=3D"">fullflavour.nz</a><br class=3D""><b =
class=3D"">a. </b>Basestation, 148 Durham Street, Tauranga<br =
class=3D""><b class=3D"">a</b>. PO Box 13403, Tauranga Central, Tauranga =
3141, New =
Zealand</span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><d=
iv class=3D"">&nbsp;<br =
class=3D"webkit-block-placeholder"></div></div></div><div =
class=3D"">&nbsp;<br class=3D"webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div =
class=3D""><div class=3D""><p class=3D"MsoNormal">On Fri, Aug 9, 2019 at =
12:16 PM Tony Wicks &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" =
target=3D"_blank" class=3D"">[email protected]</a>&gt; =
wrote:</p></div><blockquote =
style=3D"border-top:none;border-right:none;border-bottom:none;border-left:=
1pt solid rgb(204,204,204);padding:0cm 0cm 0cm =
6pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0cm" class=3D""><div class=3D""><div =
class=3D""><p class=3D"MsoNormal">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.</p><div =
class=3D"">&nbsp;<br class=3D"webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p =
class=3D"MsoNormal"><b class=3D""><span lang=3D"EN-US" =
class=3D"">From:</span></b><span lang=3D"EN-US" class=3D""> <a =
href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank" =
class=3D"">[email protected]</a> &lt;<a =
href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank" =
class=3D"">[email protected]</a>&gt; <b class=3D"">On =
Behalf Of </b>Phil Snowdon<br class=3D""><b class=3D"">Sent:</b> Friday, =
9 August 2019 11:17 AM<br class=3D""><b class=3D"">To:</b> <a =
href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank" =
class=3D"">[email protected]</a><br class=3D""><b =
class=3D"">Subject:</b> [nznog] 2019 BGP router =
recommendations</span></p><div class=3D"">&nbsp;<br =
class=3D"webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div class=3D""><p =
class=3D"MsoNormal">Hi All,</p><div class=3D""><div class=3D"">&nbsp;<br =
class=3D"webkit-block-placeholder"></div></div><div class=3D""><p =
class=3D"MsoNormal">Looking for some recommendations for BGP edge =
routers.</p></div><div class=3D""><div class=3D"">&nbsp;<br =
class=3D"webkit-block-placeholder"></div></div><div class=3D""><p =
class=3D"MsoNormal">Have used Juniper devices for years, but interested =
to hear what else may be out there.&nbsp; 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.&nbsp; Traffic volumes in the gigs to low 10's of =
gigs.</p></div><div class=3D""><div class=3D"">&nbsp;<br =
class=3D"webkit-block-placeholder"></div></div><div class=3D""><p =
class=3D"MsoNormal">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).&nbsp; &nbsp;But match performance =
and there's not enough memory to run the BGP.</p></div><div =
class=3D""><div class=3D"">&nbsp;<br =
class=3D"webkit-block-placeholder"></div></div><div class=3D""><p =
class=3D"MsoNormal">Prefer a supported vendor device rather than roll =
your own open source solution.</p></div><div class=3D""><div =
class=3D"">&nbsp;<br class=3D"webkit-block-placeholder"></div></div><div =
class=3D""><div class=3D"">&nbsp;<br =
class=3D"webkit-block-placeholder"></div></div><div class=3D""><p =
class=3D"MsoNormal">Thanks</p></div><div class=3D""><div =
class=3D"">&nbsp;<br class=3D"webkit-block-placeholder"></div></div><div =
class=3D""><p class=3D"MsoNormal">Phil</p></div></div></div></div><p =
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