Hi, In the past, I helped a few small ISP (sub 1Gbps) with software routers setup like Vyatta (Well FreeBSD/64 + Quagga really). Until recently the hardware required to run over 500Mbps + could be as pricey as a pair recycle Cisco 7206VXR since most MBs where coming with only 1 PCI busses which could kills the BW+PPS depending on the amount of interfaces you use. Now-a-days MBs with more than 1 PCI bus have become cheaper and shouldn't be a problem. Its all in the setup anyway: 2 servers ($3k each with 4 interface). Split your uplink on each router. 1 link for "client-reflector" | OSPF | <whatever you like> between the router. VRRP back-end. PS: Sub 10Gbps, any DDoS will kill the link before killing those routers, but there is solutions to this which is hella-easy to deal with in this situation. ----- Alain Hebert ahebert@pubnix.net PubNIX Inc. 50 boul. St-Charles P.O. Box 26770 Beaconsfield, Quebec H9W 6G7 Tel: 514-990-5911 http://www.pubnix.net Fax: 514-990-9443 On 09/12/11 14:42, Ben Albee wrote:
Does anybody currently use vyatta as a bgp router for their company? If so have you ran into any problems with using that instead of a cisco or juniper router?