Hi, Thanks alot for the insight.
I think we will be tight on budget. Maybe that is why a l2/l3 device is suggested. Do you think there is a cisco equlivant that support two functionalities specially the bgp and enough space for the routing table ? As you have pointed the necessity of this. Appreciate your support. On 4 Oct 2015 21:26, <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I have been asked to evalute this Juniper QFX3500-48S4Q > > as a peering device to be installed in Sofia-Connect Internet exchange > > point. > > > > I have no prior experience in peering nor with Juniper, can someone please > > share some light on this subject and whether this device is a good > > candidate for the job. > > You need to specify the details. Are you talking about a box to be > used as > > 1. an L2 interconnect (typically some form of switch), or > 2. a peering router (used for BGP peering towards other providers) > > According to Juniper, > > http://www.juniper.net/us/en/products-services/switching/qfx-series/qfx3500/ > > "The QFX3500 is a high-performance 10GbE top-of-rack or end-of-row > data center switch that can also be deployed in Virtual Chassis, > Virtual Chassis Fabric, or QFabric System architectures." > > Thus it may be suitable for the first task, but not obviously suitable > for the second (looks like a maximum of 16K IPv4 routes, for instance). > > I would suggest the juniper-nsp list ([email protected]) as > a more suitable place for a discussion about Juniper equipment. > > Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, [email protected] _______________________________________________ cisco-nsp mailing list [email protected] https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/
