Seems like the consensus is still pretty much Juniper is the preferred vendor of choice. I was prepared to be enlightened into a world of alternatives...
Thanks all. Must be almost beer'o'clock On Fri, 9 Aug 2019 at 13:35, Liam Farr <l...@maxumdata.com> wrote: > Did the same exercise, the perpetual + support, or yearly subscription > path both cost more than vMX after a few years. > > MX150 is better value if your focused on cost and don’t care about > limitations like single PSU. > > I have been advised that you may not get the performance advertised on the > data sheet for some protocols, IP forwarding being multi thread / CPU core, > but some L2/MPLS stuff is only single core, (haven’t tested this > personally), so can bottleneck. Likewise turning on stuff like QOS is > supposed to be quite resource intensive as no ASIC. > > - - > > Liam Farr > +64-22-6107884 > > Sent from my iPhone > > On 9/08/2019, at 12:57 PM, Tony Wicks <t...@wicks.co.nz> wrote: > > Licence wise, the 150 stacks up very favourably. I know that is counter > intuitive, but… > > > > > > > > *From:* nznog-boun...@list.waikato.ac.nz <nznog-boun...@list.waikato.ac.nz> > *On Behalf Of *Jesse Archer > *Sent:* Friday, 9 August 2019 12:17 PM > *To:* NZNOG Mailing-List <nznog@list.waikato.ac.nz> > *Subject:* Re: [nznog] 2019 BGP router recommendations > > > > It's basically vMX running on a Juniper hardware box. > > > > Wouldn't it be more cost effective to just grab a vMX license? > > > > > *Jesse Archer* > *General Manager*Full Flavour > > *p. *07 577 0099 *ddi*. 07 281 1391 > *s*. Skype "myfullflavour" > *e*. je...@fullflavour.nz <je...@fullflavourmedia.co.nz> > *w*. fullflavour.nz <http://www.fullflavourmedia.co.nz/> > *a. *Basestation, 148 Durham Street, Tauranga > *a*. PO Box 13403, Tauranga Central, Tauranga 3141, New Zealand > > > > > > On Fri, Aug 9, 2019 at 12:16 PM Tony Wicks <t...@wicks.co.nz> wrote: > > MX150 will handle a few full tables no problem, now if it only had more > than one power supply…. It is a very attractive price for what you get > however. > > > > *From:* nznog-boun...@list.waikato.ac.nz <nznog-boun...@list.waikato.ac.nz> > *On Behalf Of *Phil Snowdon > *Sent:* Friday, 9 August 2019 11:17 AM > *To:* nznog@list.waikato.ac.nz > *Subject:* [nznog] 2019 BGP router recommendations > > > > Hi All, > > > > Looking for some recommendations for BGP edge routers. > > > > Have used Juniper devices for years, but interested to hear what else may > be out there. Requirement is just to shift packets and multihome to a few > upstream transit providers with full routing tables and several peering > partners with more limited route table sizes. Traffic volumes in the gigs > to low 10's of gigs. > > > > I seem to be getting into a situation where the high end boxes to cope > with routing table sizes are overkill in terms of features and performance > (and price). But match performance and there's not enough memory to run > the BGP. > > > > Prefer a supported vendor device rather than roll your own open source > solution. > > > > > > Thanks > > > > Phil > > _______________________________________________ > NZNOG mailing list > NZNOG@list.waikato.ac.nz > https://list.waikato.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/nznog > > _______________________________________________ > NZNOG mailing list > NZNOG@list.waikato.ac.nz > https://list.waikato.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/nznog > > _______________________________________________ > NZNOG mailing list > NZNOG@list.waikato.ac.nz > https://list.waikato.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/nznog >
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