[AusNOG] Juniper vs Cisco vs Brocade - what's best for BGP routing?

[James Braunegg]

Dear Andrew

I would recommend Brocade... years ago I was looking at the Cisco ASR, Juniper MX and the Brocade MLXe... The end result was we choose the MLXe series routers which are still amazing today..., the core difference was the pure performance improvements and scalability which the MLXe provided us,  that being said the MLXe would be overkill for your budget.

If you're after a hardware based ASIC router then the CER provides great value and performance, the other option as mentioned is a software based router solution

Kindest Regards

James Braunegg
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From: AusNOG [mailto:ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net] On Behalf Of Andrew White
Sent: Wednesday, December 11, 2013 4:46 PM
To: ausnog at lists.ausnog.net
Subject: [AusNOG] Juniper vs Cisco vs Brocade - what's best for BGP routing?

Hey guys,

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.

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).

I also want something that can hold a big BGP routing table.

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.

I've been tossing up over a few Huawei models which are really, really cheap!

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!

Thanks guys!

Andrew
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