On 21/Apr/18 02:19, Saku Ytti wrote:
> >From BOM POV if you have to pay for the XEONs it probably isn't very > good value proposal per Mpps. However if you have poor pricing for MX, > good pricing on your XEON and modest pps need, maybe it makes sense. This... Looking at virtual routers - even from other vendors - what quickly stands out for me is that if your traffic volumes are typically low, but you get value in things such as being able to host a ton of customers on the same chassis/VM, hold millions of routes for several years without worrying about hardware resources (in the case of RR's), need to crunch numbers very quickly in CPU (in the case of a virtualized Netflow collector such as Arbor), then it makes very good sense. If you're trying to forward 10's of Gbps through a virtual router on general-purpose x86 hardware at any meaningful scale, you're quickly going to see all your money go into: - The server hardware - The hypervisor license - The VM license Doesn't make for a good prospect, if I'm honest, with today's state-of-the-art. While you could build a virtual router capable of forwarding 100Gbps aggregate, it's going to be cheaper for you to work with a purpose-built router/switch. Mark. _______________________________________________ juniper-nsp mailing list juniper-nsp@puck.nether.net https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/juniper-nsp