Re: 10G switchrecommendaton

[Grant Ridder <shortdudey123 () gmail com>]

I agree with the previous statement.  The previous company i worked for had
a pair of x450's with the full bgp internet routing table and they worked
just fine.

-Grant

On Fri, Jan 27, 2012 at 12:05 PM, Erik Bais <ebais () a2b-internet com> wrote:

> Hi Fabien,
>
> I strongly have to disagree with you. We run a full bgp implementation on
> Extreme in our network and are very pleased with it and the support that we
> get from Extreme. One of our x480's we run has about 1.4 milj learned
> routes and another has around 200 bgp peers on the AMS-iX... So what is
> your point ?
>
> As an ex-Extreme employee making such strong statements, while you don't
> know the current status at customers, it may be best to ask who is using it
> and how, instead of acting like a grumpy ex-employee.
>
> Feel free to ask about our setup.
>
> Regards,
> Erik Bais
>
> Verstuurd vanaf mijn iPad
>
> Op Jan 27, 2012 om 15:41 heeft Fabien Delmotte <fdelmotte1 () mac com> het
> volgende geschreven:
>
> > You can use BGP only for the default route no more :) forget a full view
> >
> > Le 27 janv. 2012 à 15:34, Fabien Delmotte a écrit :
> >
> > > Only for a full table BGP, in fact it is not able to learn a full BGP
> table. The X480 could do it, but it is very slow and they miss some features
> > > Fabien
> > >
> > >
> > > Le 27 janv. 2012 à 11:25, Leigh Porter a écrit :
> > >
> > > > On 27 Jan 2012, at 10:21, "Fabien Delmotte" <fdelmotte1 () mac com>
> wrote:
> > > > > I worked for Extreme, and I deployed a lot of X650 (24 10G ports) for
> DataCenter environment. The box is really good.
> > > > > In fact if you use the box at a layer 2 it is perfect, BUT DON'T use
> their BGP code, they never understood what is BGP :)
> > > > Is that don't use for Internet facing full table BGP or do you include
> iBGP for say VPN as well?
> > > > --
> > > > Leigh
> > > >
> > > >
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