[Xorp-users] XORP versions

Ben Greear greearb at candelatech.com
Sat Jan 12 12:14:32 PST 2008


Mikael Johansson wrote:
> We are evaluating using XORP in a network of about 500 routers, some
> of which would be XORP routers. There have been some concerns about
> stability in our organization. Our internal testing has noticed that
> XORP routing processes sometimes die in situations
> where processor load is high. Is there something that could be done to
> increase stability, except to make sure that routing processes get
> enough processor time? Should we use the latest XORP release 1.4, or
> the most recent CVS version? When is XORP-1.5 being released? We are
> using multicasting, OSPF and BGP.
>   
Send details on the crashes (stack-traces from gdb, etc).  Use the most 
recent cvs, it
fixes a lot of bugs, and at least on Linux, you can run multiple xorp 
instances virtualized
using unique routing tables.  No patches or xen like things are needed 
if you have a
modern OS (Fedora 8, for instance).

We have run at least 20 instances, for example.
> With regards to features, the most critical is the lack of
> virtualization, because we need to run two or more OSPF processes
> which are completely isolated from each other. This can probably be
> implemented in Linux using Xen. Have there been efforts to get XORP
> running in a virtualized environment?
>   
Search back through the archives for my name and answers to my many 
questions. :)

Ben

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