[AusNOG] Mikrotik routers in HA environments

[Mike Everest]

Darren,

 

As others have already confirmed, RouterOS is suitable for that kind of
application, but since you mentioned 'Cisco', I wanted to point out a very
significant difference from what you might be used to:  MikroTik do not
offer any kind of support contract

 

Now for some, that may be a good thing ;) but for others, it can constitute
what is essentially a total deal breaker.  The reason for that is that with
a Cisco support contract, if (or perhaps /when/) you encounter a software
bug that causes you some serious problem, you a direct channel to the vendor
engineering team.  In the MikroTik world, you need to either use your own
internal resources or hire a suitable consultant to run full packet level
diagnostics, develop repeatability steps and then go through MikroTik level
1 support channels to try to escalate it to their software engineering team.

 

Please don't take this as encouragement to NOT deploy MikroTik! :-D  As the
largest volume MikroTik distribution in our region, of course I think you
*should* deploy MT, but only when you are aware of the full 'TCO' :-}

 

As the leading MikroTik vendor in Australia, we also offer engineering
support in case your team does need some extra help when things go wrong,
and we also have some inside contacts with MikroTik support team to get
(sometimes slightly) faster escalation of unusual problems.

 

I'd be pleased to discuss further in more detail any time, if you'd like to!
;)

Cheers!  Mike Everest.

 

From: AusNOG [mailto:ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net] On Behalf Of Darren
Moss
Sent: Tuesday, 26 June 2018 11:58 AM
To: ausnog at lists.ausnog.net
Subject: [AusNOG] Mikrotik routers in HA environments

 

Hi All,

 

We are about to deploy a new location, which we normally do with our SOE
around Cisco router kit (2 of them for redundancy).

 

I was talking with another DC customer and they swear by Mikrotik router
gear over Cisco.

 

I've played with Mikrotik in a domestic/home fibre connection scenario, but
not in a DC environment.

 

What's the consensus from others?

 

Can a pair of Mikrotik routers be configured for a *reliable* HA scenario ?

 

Happy to chat offlist or share if this is of interest to others.

 

Cheers

 

 

Darren.

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