On Jan 3, 2014:12:01 AM, at 12:01 AM, Jimmy Hess <mysi...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 2, 2014 at 8:53 PM, Andrew Duey <
> andrew.d...@widerangebroadband.net> wrote:
>
>> I'm surprised nobody's mentioned vyatta.org or the new fork of VyOs. We
>> are currently using the vyatta community edition and so far it's been good
>> to to us. It depends on your hardware and how small of an ISP you are but
>> it might be a great open source fit for you.
>
>
> The orig. author has potentially set course for a world of hurt -- if the
> plan is to scrap robust packaged highly-validated gear having separate
> hardware forwarding planes and ASIC-driven filtering, to stick cheap x86
> servers in the SP core and internet borders.
>
> Sure... anyone can install Vyatta on a x86 server, but assembly of all
> the pieces and full validation for a resilient platform comparable to
> carrier grade gear, for a mission critical network, should be a bit more
> involved than that.
>
> Next up.... how to build your own 10-Gigabit SFPs to avoid paying for
> expensive brand-name SFPs, by putting together some chips, wires, fiber,
> and tying it all together with a piece of duck tape....
>
> just saying... :)
That does seem a bit harsh given there are numerous examples of
companies out there successfully putting together and deploying their own
switches/routers in production. It may require significant resources and not be
for the faint of heart, but from what I've seen, its far from a bailing wire
and bubblegum operation.
--Tom
>
>
>> --Andrew Duey
>>
> --
> -JH
>
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