[Xorp-users] Mulling migrating to XORP from Cisco re: BGP setup
Atanu Ghosh
atanu at ICSI.Berkeley.EDU
Tue Nov 6 16:03:03 PST 2007
Hi,
The XORP BGP is stable, we test it with full BGP feeds, we don't have
any Netflow support.
Atanu.
>>>>> "Dominic" == Dominic Williams <dwilliams at system7.co.uk> writes:
Dominic> Hello all! The company I work for develops digital
Dominic> publishing software and also hosts various high traffic
Dominic> sites for clients using the software.
Dominic> At the moment we have a simple Level 3 connect for
Dominic> connectivity, and recently made the decision to move to BGP
Dominic> to reduce cost and increase redundancy. However, we
Dominic> realised that to route over 6 providers (5 in a single pipe
Dominic> from PacketeXchange, plus a pipe to Cogent) we really
Dominic> should be looking at a CISCO 7204VXR with the 1GB RAM
Dominic> option to hold all the routing tables safely...
Dominic> But *OMG* the plan fell apart when we realised the insanely
Dominic> inflated prices we would have to pay to get one of these
Dominic> devices.
Dominic> We are now hoping / wondering whether XORP can save our BGP
Dominic> aspirations!
Dominic> We have some important questions:
Dominic> - Is XORP stable enough to run a simple BGP setup for
Dominic> commercial Web hosting?
Dominic> - Is XORP tested with very large routing tables?
Dominic> - Is there anyway we can do Netflow collection if XORP is
Dominic> used as the router (we currently use Netflow to monitor and
Dominic> record traffic flows to the different sites we host)?
Dominic> - Has anyone got any good tips extra advice for us at this
Dominic> stage?
Dominic> Many thanks in advance for any advice on this, and good
Dominic> luck to the XORP effort!
Dominic> Best, Dominic Dominic Williams
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