[AusNOG] Mikrotik routers in HA environments

[Alex Samad]

Hi

Like them cheap and have been reliable - noted about the power supplies.

I have 4 upstream full feeds . takes a very very long time to process.

also the ccr's have a limitation not really mention 1 tcp stream can only
go 1Gbs, the box can do more, its around the driver and the cpu setup -
this is a long long wish list request.


But I like them..  did i mean they are cheap :)






On 26 June 2018 at 13:08, Mike Everest <mike at duxtel.com> wrote:

> Darren,
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> 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
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> 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.
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> 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’
> :-}
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> 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.
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> I’d be pleased to discuss further in more detail any time, if you’d like
> to! ;)
>
> Cheers!  Mike Everest.
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> *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
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> Hi All,
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> We are about to deploy a new location, which we normally do with our SOE
> around Cisco router kit (2 of them for redundancy).
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> I was talking with another DC customer and they swear by Mikrotik router
> gear over Cisco.
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> I’ve played with Mikrotik in a domestic/home fibre connection scenario,
> but not in a DC environment.
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> What’s the consensus from others?
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> Can a pair of Mikrotik routers be configured for a **reliable** HA
> scenario ?
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> Happy to chat offlist or share if this is of interest to others.
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> Cheers
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> Darren.
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