RE: Need recommendation on an affordable internet edge router

2017-05-06 Thread James Braunegg
Jovicic Sent: Friday, 5 May 2017 8:20 AM To: Saku Ytti Cc: nanog@nanog.org Subject: Re: Need recommendation on an affordable internet edge router Hi, > But you probably should review at least: > - Juniper MX204, MX480 > - Cisco ASR9k > - Huawei NE20, NE40 > -

Re: Need recommendation on an affordable internet edge router

2017-05-05 Thread Bryan Holloway
+1 on the 7280R We just started deploying them on our edges for peering and port-density. Great little box. ... and their A-Care support has been good and responsive. On 5/4/17 7:55 PM, Tyler Conrad wrote: I use the 7280R in production. Love it. Pros: Cheap, fantastic API, can take (curren

Re: Need recommendation on an affordable internet edge router

2017-05-04 Thread Richard Holbo
t is like with that vendor. All the others I am > quite familiar with to one degree or another. > > > > From: Dragan Jovicic > Sent: Thursday, May 4, 2017 3:20 PM > To: Saku Ytti > Cc: c b; nanog@nanog.org > Subject: Re: Need recommendatio

Re: Need recommendation on an affordable internet edge router

2017-05-04 Thread Ken Chase
hows the power footprint? i never understood why each prefix cost 1mW to handle on most routers (and still took 2-3 minutes to converge) /kc On Thu, May 04, 2017 at 06:55:54PM -0600, Tyler Conrad said: >I use the 7280R in production. Love it. > >Pros: Cheap, fantastic API, can take (curren

Re: Need recommendation on an affordable internet edge router

2017-05-04 Thread Tyler Conrad
I use the 7280R in production. Love it. Pros: Cheap, fantastic API, can take (current) full tables of v4 and v6. 6x100G w 48x1/10G gives lots of flexibility. Cons: Lack of proper VRF support and minimal bgp address families. (If you want strict isolation, or can use a separate device for route le

Re: Need recommendation on an affordable internet edge router

2017-05-04 Thread Ken Chase
anyone have thoughts about/experience with the Arista 7280R / their flexroute engine? /kc On Thu, May 04, 2017 at 08:39:16PM +, c b said: >We have a number of internet edge routers across several data centers approaching EOL/EOS, and are budgeting for replacements. Lik

Re: Need recommendation on an affordable internet edge router

2017-05-04 Thread c b
: Dragan Jovicic Sent: Thursday, May 4, 2017 3:20 PM To: Saku Ytti Cc: c b; nanog@nanog.org Subject: Re: Need recommendation on an affordable internet edge router Hi, But you probably should review at least: - Juniper MX204, MX480 - Cisco ASR9k - Huawei NE20, NE40 - Alcatel 7750SR Having

Re: Need recommendation on an affordable internet edge router

2017-05-04 Thread Dragan Jovicic
Hi, > But you probably should review at least: > - Juniper MX204, MX480 > - Cisco ASR9k > - Huawei NE20, NE40 > - Alcatel 7750SR > Having all of these somewhere in our network, and my heart being with JNPR boxes, I'll say have a look at Huawei offerings. +Dragan On Fri, May 5, 2017 at

Re: Need recommendation on an affordable internet edge router

2017-05-04 Thread Saku Ytti
On 5 May 2017 at 01:04, c b wrote: Hey, > The ASR9k is certainly up to the task and it's one of the few we looked at > initially, but the pricing is nowhere near commodity even if we got a > minimal build. What is commodity? Where are you comparing it to which satisfies your requirements? > As

Re: Need recommendation on an affordable internet edge router

2017-05-04 Thread c b
bject: Re: Need recommendation on an affordable internet edge router On 4 May 2017 at 23:39, c b wrote: > * Affordable. I know that's subjective, but we need a solution that is as > close as possible to commodity-pricing if this modernization effort balloons > to include all

Re: Need recommendation on an affordable internet edge router

2017-05-04 Thread Saku Ytti
On 4 May 2017 at 23:39, c b wrote: > * Affordable. I know that's subjective, but we need a solution that is as > close as possible to commodity-pricing if this modernization effort balloons > to include all of our data centers. How many? For any non-trivial volume devices with equal ports

Re: Need recommendation on an affordable internet edge router

2017-05-04 Thread Baldur Norddahl
The ZTE 9000-2E4 might be fit for your requirements and affordable. http://wwwen.zte.com.cn/endata/magazine/ztetechnologies/2016/no5/articles/201609/t20160912_460444.html Den 4. maj 2017 22.40 skrev "c b" : We have a number of internet edge routers across several data centers approaching EOL/EOS

Re: Need recommendation on an affordable internet edge router

2017-05-04 Thread Job Snijders
What have you compared so far yourself? Job On Thu, 4 May 2017 at 22:40, c b wrote: > We have a number of internet edge routers across several data centers > approaching EOL/EOS, and are budgeting for replacements. Like most > enterprises, we have been Cisco-centric in our routing/switching pla