Hi, On Tue, Sep 11, 2018 at 01:54:45PM +0100, adamv0...@netconsultings.com wrote: > With regards to Gert's caveat "we're too small to build a lab..." > There are two kinds of testing that can be done, > 1) concept testing > 2) performance and scale testing > > Virtual lab is perfect for concept testing > -concept testing -to test various routing concepts -like what happens to my > core routing if I enable "set routing-options protect core". > In fact it is much easier to simulate the network in its entirety in a > virtual environment than trying to simulate small sections of the network > using a handful of physical devices.
This is ok for *concept* testing, but it won't work for "will this actually work on device type <x> out in the field?" if you look at the number of strange bugs that only affect certain hardware variants - like, "this works on MX, but not on QFX". Otherwise I agree, having virtual labs is good, running performance POC tests on particular devices is good - but it just won't catch all the nasty surprises you hit at upgrade time. gert -- "If was one thing all people took for granted, was conviction that if you feed honest figures into a computer, honest figures come out. Never doubted it myself till I met a computer with a sense of humor." Robert A. Heinlein, The Moon is a Harsh Mistress Gert Doering - Munich, Germany g...@greenie.muc.de
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