Which ASRs are you running?
On Fri, Jun 30, 2017 at 11:00 AM, Mike Francis via Mikrotik-users < mikrotik-us...@wispa.org> wrote: > I am a bog Mikrotik fan, but rely on cisco for our Core and Edge. Our > latest BGP config for Edge services are a Cisco ASR for Primary, then we > are running a CHR on top of our Vmware platform for secondary BGP. we have > several CHRs passing several gigs of traffic and they are very solid. We > have this deployed in 4 datacenters like this and it is working very well, > keeps cost down, and is very flexible. > > Thank you, > John Michael Francis II > JMF Solutions, Inc > Wavefly - Internet | Voip | Cloud > INC 5000 #2593 > CRN Fast Growth #105 > 251-517-5069 <(251)%20517-5069> > http://jmfsolutions.net > http://wavefly.com > > "People are unreasonable, illogical, and self-centered. Love them anyway. > If you do good, people may accuse you of selfish motives. Do good anyway. > If you are successful, you may win false friends and true enemies. Succeed > anyway. The good you do today may be forgotten tomorrow. Do good anyway. > Honesty and transparency make you vulnerable. Be honest and transparent > anyway. What you spend years building may be destroyed overnight. Build > anyway. People who really want help may attack you if you help them. Help > them anyway. Give the world the best you have and you may get hurt. Give > the world your best anyway." By: Mother Teresa > On 6/30/2017 12:46 PM, David Jones via Mikrotik-users wrote: > > Good morning. > > I have a deep question for the Mikrotik people and the Cisco people. > > Let me give you an overview of where we are. > Currently we have all of our tower sites using Mikrotik connecting to our > core with MPLS/VPLS to our core that is multiple Mikrotik routers using > VRRP (I had a core die from power supply failure and our network didn't > skip a beet while it was replaced.) The VRRP core then connects to our edge > that is a Cisco ASR1001-x that connects to our BGP peers. > > The reason we went with Cisco was because all the CCR Mikrotik Lagged > horribly when doing BGP full tables. We had a Maxxwave router that did fine > with the BGP but had crap interface support with Mikrotik not having good > drivers for the interfaces. Different MTU for the MPLS caused problems. > > It appears that now with Mikrotik's CHR fixes the driver problems. the > Virtual host deals with the drivers so Mikrotik doesn't have to. > > All has been fine for a few years... but now the Cisco has reset itself > twice in the past week. For whatever reason a reboot on a Cisco = 15-20min > down time. We are now needing a VRRP solution for the Edge. > > So here is the cross roads... Do we get another ASR1001-x and struggle for > a while to get a form of VRRP to work between them? Or do we get something > like this (https://www.amazon.com/Supermicro-SuperServer-5018D- > FN8T-Rackmount-10GbE/dp/B01LXUATHB > <https://www.amazon.com/Supermicro-SuperServer-5018D-FN8T-Rackmount-10GbE/dp/B01LXUATHB> > ) > and keep it all Mikrotik for ease of training and use? > > We do not have much experience with Cisco. It takes us quite a bit to > configure and change them. is it worth learning and paying the 12x the > price for less throughput? > Cisco ASR 1001 2.5gbps throughput = $6,680 > Cisco Licence for 10gbps throughput = $13,099 > Total for 1 Cisco router + Repair of current + 1 Spare = $41,558 > > vs Mikrotik > Supermicro SuperServer 5018D-FN8T + 16G mem + SSD = $986 > CHR 10Gbps upload per interface = $95 > Total for 2 routers + 1 spare = $3,243 > > Is Cisco still the better option? would it be better to say use 3 MK > routers in VRRP with one spare so 2 can fail and not be a problem? > > -- > David Jones > NGL Connection > 307-288-5491 ext 702 <(307)%20288-5491> > > > _______________________________________________ > Mikrotik-users mailing > listMikrotik-users@wispa.orghttp://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/mikrotik-users > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mikrotik-users mailing list > mikrotik-us...@wispa.org > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/mikrotik-users > > -- Mike Lyon mike.l...@gmail.com http://www.linkedin.com/in/mlyon
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