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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext"> AusNOG [mailto:ausnog-bounces@lists.ausnog.net]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Joseph Goldman<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, 11 December 2013 9:57 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> ausnog@lists.ausnog.net<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [AusNOG] Juniper vs Cisco vs Brocade - what's best for BGP routing?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">We currently use a 7204-G1 for 200mbps~ network (and a 7204-G2 for LNS with 140mbps~ network) and they seem to hold quite well. If you are set in Cisco kit, they are pretty good for the price point in my personal
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<p class="MsoNormal">On 11/12/13 19:15, Andrew White wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks again guys for all the feedback both off and on list. The information is great - please keep it coming!<br>
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I've gotten some details about the Cisco 7200G2s - any thoughts on these? Looks like I can get them for a song and a few people have recommended them to me. They seem to suit my needs pretty well!<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 5:30 PM, Andrew White <<a href="mailto:admin@uberskilled.com" target="_blank">admin@uberskilled.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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Wow, thanks for all the replies - both on and off list. There's some fantastic ones here and some great information.<br>
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To answer some of the questions:<br>
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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>
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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>
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Throughput is only about 150mbit bursing to 200mbit currently, but expansion is definitely planned and future proofing is wanted.<br>
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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>
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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>
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Thanks guys, I really appreciate the great responses!<span style="color:#888888"><br>
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<span class="hoenzb">Andrew</span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 4:46 PM, Andrew White <<a href="mailto:admin@uberskilled.com" target="_blank">admin@uberskilled.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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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>
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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>
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I also want something that can hold a big BGP routing table.<br>
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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>
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I've been tossing up over a few Huawei models which are really, really cheap!<br>
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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>
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Thanks guys!<span style="color:#888888"><br>
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Andrew</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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