Re: Performance metrics used in commercial BGP route optimizers

[Tom Beecher <beecher () beecher cc>]

The most important metric for a BGP optimizer is how much it physically
weighs. That way you'll know if you can carry it to the trash pile
yourself, or need to get help so you don't hurt your back.

:)

On Tue, Jul 16, 2019 at 9:21 AM Ryan Hamel <Ryan.Hamel () quadranet com> wrote:

> The answers which you seek would be considered secret sauce to these
> vendors.
>
> But you can start at running MTRs through a VRF per carrier only
> containing a default route, and looking at the results.
>
> Ryan
>
>
>
> On Tue, Jul 16, 2019 at 6:11 AM -0700, "Dimeji Fayomi" <
> oof1 () students waikato ac nz> wrote:
>
> Hi,
> > I'm doing a research on BGP route optimisation and the performance
> > metrics used by commercial route optimizer appliances to select better path
> > to a prefix.
> >
> > I would appreciate any information about the performance metrics used in
> > commercial BGP route optimizers, white papers or any other document that
> > describes how these metrics are measured and collected by commercial route
> > optimizers.
> >
> > Thanks
> > --
> > Dimeji Fayomi