OPSF (in this scenario) is easier to set up then BGP...but check out http://www.openmaniak.com/quagga.php.
On Fri, 2010-03-05 at 10:46 -0600, Alex Thurlow wrote: > I have to say that this looks like a nice solution to me, and I've > definitely had many people point me to OSPF. One problem is that I've > never run OSPF before. Some googling brings of a few results on > implementation, but can someone recommend a good place to look or a book > to get to really get it all figured out? > > Thanks, > Alex > > > On 3/4/2010 11:23 AM, Jack Carrozzo wrote: > > If you want to keep it cheap, roll out another Quagga edge - one to > > each peer. Drop default into OSPF from both edges, iBGP over a GE > > between them. If one toasts you'll only lose half your routes for > > 1s-ish, or however long you set your OSPF keepalives. > > > > While you're at it, add extra fans and run the edge systems off solid > > state disks or CF cards. > > > > Or, buy $real hardware. > > > > -Jack Carrozzo > > > > On Thu, Mar 4, 2010 at 12:17 PM, Alex Thurlow <a...@blastro.com > > <mailto:a...@blastro.com>> wrote: > > > > Let me preface this by saying that I'm not a full time network > > admin, but we're a small company and I'm the only one handling > > this. Our budget is also not huge, but we're at the point where > > extended downtime would cost us enough money that we can spend > > some money to fix the problem. > > > > Here's my situation: I have two providers, each handing me > > gigabit ethernet. I'm getting full BGP feeds and handling them > > with a Linux/Quagga router. We max out at about 100kpps, as we're > > mostly pushing video which gives us a large packet size. It works > > fine, and I've been happy with it so far. But, we've gotten to > > the point where I want a backup router of some sort in case > > something happens to that one, what with the fans and disks that > > could fail. I see a few options. > > > > 1. Just set up another Quagga box and use keepalived or some other > > HA solution. > > 2. Buy a Cisco/Juniper/whatever and then have the Quagga box as > > backup. > > 3. I have a 6500 behind the router that's just doing switching. > > Could I have something switch that to static route all traffic to > > one of my providers if something happened to the router? The 6500 > > has Sup1A with MSFC2 running IOS native. > > > > On the Cisco side, I see that we could probably run a 7200VXR with > > NPE-G1 (about $6000 on ebay). Moving to the Sup720, even used is > > probably out of our price range. > > > > What do you guys think I should use here? > > > > Thanks, > > Alex > > > > > >
