Re: vyatta for bgp

[Alain Hebert <ahebert () pubnix net>]

     Hi,

    As usual this end-up in what people prefer.

    Vyatta is as good as the hardware it runs on, the backend they use 
and the people configuring/maintaining it.

    The nature of ASIC make it more reliable than a multi-purpose 
device (aka server) running an OS written for it.

    It end up being a choice between risk and cost and being that you 
can get your hand on second hand iron for cheap these days...

    Why risk it.

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On 09/15/11 09:05, Ray Soucy wrote:
> Is Vyatta really not suited for the task?
>
> I keep checking up on it and holding off looking into it as they don't
> support multicast yet.
>
> Modern commodity sever hardware these days often out-powers big iron
> enough to make up for not using ASICs, though, at least on the lower
> end of the spectrum.
>
> Does anyone have any more details on Vyatta not scaling?  Were you
> trying to run it as a VM?  What were you using for NICs? etc.
>
> The hardware matters.  Saying Vyatta doesn't cut it could mean anything...
>
> On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 7:36 PM, Dobbins, Roland<rdobbins () arbor net>  wrote:
> > On Sep 14, 2011, at 5:54 AM, Deepak Jain wrote:
> >
> > > Some enterprises get MPLS L3 VPN service from their providers, and need boxes that can route packets to it and speak BGP to inject 
> > > their routes.  They are not, per se, connected to the Internet, and thus won't be "zorched", at least in the sense you 
> > > are using it.
> > Hence 'public-facing'.
> >
> > ;>
> >
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> >
> >                 The basis of optimism is sheer terror.
> >
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