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

[Joseph Goldman]

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 
opinion.

On 11/12/13 19:15, Andrew White wrote:
> Thanks again guys for all the feedback both off and on list. The 
> information is great - please keep it coming!
>
> 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!
>
> Cheers :)
>
>
> On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 5:30 PM, Andrew White <admin at uberskilled.com 
> <mailto:admin at uberskilled.com>> wrote:
>
>     Hey guys,
>
>     Wow, thanks for all the replies - both on and off list. There's
>     some fantastic ones here and some great information.
>
>     To answer some of the questions:
>
>     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.
>
>     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.
>
>     Throughput is only about 150mbit bursing to 200mbit currently, but
>     expansion is definitely planned and future proofing is wanted.
>
>     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).
>
>     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?
>
>     Thanks guys, I really appreciate the great responses!
>
>     Andrew
>
>
>     On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 4:46 PM, Andrew White
>     <admin at uberskilled.com <mailto:admin at uberskilled.com>> wrote:
>
>         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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