[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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