I do use L3 switches for BGP at some locations (Cisco 3750) and they perform great. The problem is no instrumentation (e.g. Sflow, netflow).
-mel via cell > On May 19, 2015, at 12:55 PM, Pavel Odintsov <pavel.odint...@gmail.com> wrote: > > What about L3 switches? You could receive full BGP table with Linux > BOX with ExaBGP, parse it and feed to L3 switch. > >> On Tue, May 19, 2015 at 10:44 PM, Mel Beckman <m...@beckman.org> wrote: >> I've seen serious, unusual performance bottlenecks in Mikrotik CCR, in some >> cases not even achieving a gigabit speeds on 10G interfaces. Performance >> drops more rapidly then Cisco with smaller packet sizes. >> >> -mel beckman >> >>> On May 19, 2015, at 12:28 PM, Justin Wilson - MTIN <li...@mtin.net> wrote: >>> >>> I second the Mikrotik recommendation. You don’t get support like you would >>> with Cisco but it’s a solid product. >>> >>> Justin >>> >>> >>> >>> Justin Wilson j...@mtin.net >>> http://www.mtin.net Managed Services – xISP Solutions – Data Centers >>> http://www.thebrotherswisp.com Podcast about xISP topics >>> http://www.midwest-ix.com Peering – Transit – Internet Exchange >>> >>>> On May 19, 2015, at 3:16 PM, Keefe John <keefe...@ethoplex.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> For about $1000 you could get a Mikrotik CCR1036-8G-2S+EM but it only has >>>> 2 SFP+ ports. >>>> >>>> http://routerboard.com/CCR1036-8G-2SplusEM >>>> >>>> Keefe >>>> >>>> On 5/19/2015 3:46 PM, Joe Greco wrote: >>>>>> How cheap is cheap and what performance numbers are you looking for? >>>>>> >>>>>> About as cheap as you can get: >>>>>> >>>>>> For about $3,000 you can build a Supermicro OEM system with an 8-core >>>>>> Xeon >>>>>> E5 V3 and 4-port 10G Intel SFP+ NIC with 8G of RAM running VyOS. The pro >>>>>> is that BGP convergence time will be good (better than a 7200 VXR), and >>>>>> number of tables likely won't be a concern since RAM is cheap. The con >>>>>> is >>>>>> that you're not doing things in hardware, so you'll have higher latency, >>>>>> and your PPS will be lower. >>>>> What 8 core Xeon E5 v3 would that be? The 26xx's are hideously pricey, >>>>> and for a router, you're probably better off with something like a >>>>> Supermicro X10SRn fsvo "n" with a Xeon E5-1650v3. Board is typically >>>>> around $300, 1650 is around $550, so total cost I'm guessing closer to >>>>> $1500-$2000 that route. >>>>> >>>>> The edge you get there is the higher clock on the CPU. Only six cores >>>>> and only 15M cache, but 3.5GHz. The E5-2643v3 is three times the cost >>>>> for very similar performance specs. Costwise, E5 single socket is the >>>>> way to go unless you *need* more. >>>>> >>>>> ... JG > > > > -- > Sincerely yours, Pavel Odintsov
