On 6 January 2014 17:57, randal k <na...@data102.com> wrote: > Good morning, > We're in the market to move our IX peering off of our core (too much > BGP/CPU :-/ ) and onto a dedicated switch. > > Anybody have a recommendation on a switch that can do the following > without costing a fortune? I have scoured Cisco, and bang for the buck > is ... ASR9k (way over powered for handling zero-feature IX traffic), > > 3-8x 10gbps ports > 64k routes minimum, preferably 128k > Must be able to speak BGP > Native/functional IPv6 would be sharp! > Basic QoS to police our ports > > The prefix count seems to be the killer, as our exchange table is > getting pretty big (42k+ currently). I'm really tempted to build a > vyatta box or similar, but would rather do something off the shelf -- > especially if it can be 1-2 gens old and cost effective. > > If you don't need to carry a full Internet table, the Cisco 4500-X has plenty of features and the 32 port model can accommodate 256k IPv4 routes. It also does IPv6 in hardware (128k routes)
Aled
