Eric Kuhnke <eric.kuhnke@gmail.com> Sent: Monday, October 26, 2020 6:52 PM
If we're talking about whitebox router and ipifusion, what we're really talking about is vyatta/vyOS and the linux foundation DANOS stuff on an ordinary x86- 64 server that has a weird shape.
https://www.ipinfusion.com/commercial-version-of-danos-product-page/
In which case it really comes down to how comfortable you are with the feature sets of the individual daemons contained within Vyatta/VyOS derived products (FRR, etc), and then your trust level in the hardware. Typically something such as a Taiwanese industrial/embedded platform manufacturer such as Lanner:
http://www.lannerinc.com/products/network-appliances/x86-rackmount- network-appliances
Yes I agree and I have been looking at Lanner (NCA-2510, NCA-2512) -and I'll be thankful if I could be pointed towards other companies "producing funny looking servers" for comparison. I've been also looking at the whole, a bit confusing, ecosystem of DANOS/Vytta/VyOS and their capabilities through my PE requirement optics (i.e. MPLS L3VPN, RSVP-TE/SR-TE & fast reroute, NETCONF-YANG) -which these NOS-es seem to have very little to no support for.
I guess the point I'm trying to make above is that **if** you're confident in both the SW and HW, you can disaggregate your choice of software (vyatta/vyos/DANOS etc) from your own choice of hardware to best fit your needs, rather than purchasing it together as a package.
I agree, however I need this whole SW to HW mapping and all associated pain of interworking and operational support to be absorbed and nicely packaged by a vendor. On that note, can Lanner fix me up with some DANOS/Vytta/VyOS on their NCA-2510 or NCA-2512 please? Or in more general terms, are there folks out there that specialize in providing support for NOS X, Y, Z with HW X, Y, Z -in any combination? -so that I could just pick NOS X with HW Y from their portfolio based on my project requirements and get similar support I'd get from a "standard" vendor? adam