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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">We have been testing a cloudcore in the
sadbox for 4~5 months now. <6.5 was really bad but above seem
stable and quite good. Throughput it as advertised. <br>
Still have not had enough balls to put them into anything to
mission critical. But I dont think the day to far away. I have one
of the 10gig model's under my desk here that I still have not
cracked out of the box. Of for more time. <br>
<br>
Matt.<br>
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On 11/12/13 5:49 PM, Joseph Goldman wrote:<br>
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<p dir="ltr">I did reply with this off-list, but think it's worth
putting on list with the requirements posted. This will go
against a lot of people's recommendations but for a budget,
Mikrotiks latest routers seem to be a good option given the size
of your network.</p>
<p dir="ltr">For that size, deploying multiple routers in a fail
over mode capable of many gigabit of bandwidth should be
achievable within $5k. We are seeing good results with the
smaller units in <100mbit sites, and we are going to deploy
into a 300mbit site soon that has multiple peering route tables
plus a full route table from transit provider.</p>
<p dir="ltr">I will probably be blasted by others on list but oh
well </p>
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<div class="gmail_quote">Andrew White
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<div dir="ltr">Hey guys,<br>
<br>
Wow, thanks for all the replies - both on and off list.
There's some fantastic ones here and some great information.<br>
<br>
To answer some of the questions:<br>
<br>
My budget is somewhere in the $5-15k range. I can go higher,
but I'm not super comfortable doing so unless there's a good
ROI reason to do so. Obviously bang for buck is important,
as I'm not a huge business.<br>
<br>
In house support is a good point. I do have a CCNA and have
a reasonable network topology and interconnectivity
understanding - I'd imagine anything (as long as it has
documentation) I can learn and support over time.<br>
<br>
Throughput is only about 150mbit bursing to 200mbit
currently, but expansion is definitely planned and future
proofing is wanted.<br>
<br>
I'm not sure about picking how many interfaces I need. I
guess a couple for upstream, a couple for future upstreams,
and maybe 4-6 for back into the network (for future
proofing, I have 2 internal core routers currently).<br>
<br>
There's been a few suggestions of a physical Linux box or
Linux VM. What would be the advantages/disadvantages of this
compared to routing hardware?<br>
<br>
Thanks guys, I really appreciate the great responses!<br>
<br>
Andrew</div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 4:46 PM,
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<div dir="ltr">Hey guys,<br>
<br>
I've recently set up my own AS and I'm looking at
broadcasting my own BGP. I'm wanting to find some
decent hardware at a reasonable price to do so.<br>
<br>
The same router will also run my servers (about 50
VMs/3 physical boxes) and have to deal with multiple
upstream providers (two currently, but more to come at
my DC).<br>
<br>
I also want something that can hold a big BGP routing
table.<br>
<br>
When I was first getting into networking, Cisco was
"the big thing". Now I look at the market and Junipers
seem really common for the cheaper end of the market.
I've seen Brocades too - I think they may be out of my
price range, but I'm not sure if they're worth the
money or if there's a huge benefit.<br>
<br>
I've been tossing up over a few Huawei models which
are really, really cheap!<br>
<br>
I don't know a ton about the hardware side of things
and I'm sure there are others on the list with a
similar level of knowledge to me. I'm happy for any
vendor contacts, and I'm sure replies on list would be
appreciated for other people to learn about this too!<br>
<br>
Thanks guys!<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>
<br>
Andrew</font></span></div>
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