<html><head></head><body><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>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">Andrew White <admin@uberskilled.com> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<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><div class="gmail_extra"><br /><br /><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 4:46 PM, Andrew White <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:admin@uberskilled.com" target="_blank">admin@uberskilled.com</a>></span> wrote:<br />
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><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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