It seems to be a pretty "hot button" issue, but I feel that modern hardware is more than capable of pushing packets. The old wisdom of "only hardware can do it efficiently" is starting to prove untrue. 10G might still be a challenge (I haven't tested), but 1G is not even close to being an issue. Depending on the target for your deployment, it might make sense to whitebox a router or firewall instead of spending 20K on it. Especially if you're working with any kind of scale.
TL;DR I think the backlash against anything but big iron routing is becoming an old way of thinking. On Fri, Dec 27, 2013 at 6:56 PM, Jon Sands <fohdee...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 12/27/2013 4:23 PM, Matt Palmer wrote: > >> There *is* a world outside of Silly Valley, you know... a world where >> money doesn't flow like a mighty cascade from the benevolent wallets of >> vulture capitalists, into the waiting arms of every crackpot with an >> elevator pitch. - Matt >> > > Yes, and in that world, one should probably not start up a FTTH ISP when > one has not even budgeted for a router, among a thousand other things. And > if you must, you should probably figure out your cost breakdown beforehand, > not after. Baldur, you mention $200k total to move 10gb with Juniper (which > seems insanely off to me). Look into Brocades CER line, you can move 4x > 10gbe per chassis for under 12k. > > -- > Jon Sands > -- Ray Patrick Soucy Network Engineer University of Maine System T: 207-561-3526 F: 207-561-3531 MaineREN, Maine's Research and Education Network www.maineren.net