[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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Candela Technologies Inc http://www.candelatech.com
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