Re: BGP Design question.

[-Hammer- <bhmccie () gmail com>]

HaHa! I agree with keeping it simple. I keep my routers simple. I keep 
my switches simple. Sometimes it's not as easy on a Layer 7 FW or a load 
balancer. So plan accordingly.   :)

-Hammer-



On 06/23/2011 08:59 AM, Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu wrote:
> On Thu, 23 Jun 2011 07:44:33 CDT, -Hammer- said:
>    
> > Agreed. At an enterprise level, there is no need to risk extended
> > downtime to save a buck or two. Redundant hardware is always a good way
> > to keep Murphy out of the equation. And as far as hardware failures go,
> > it's not that common. Nowadays it's the bugs in overly complicated code
> > on your gear that get you first. I miss IOS 11.3.....
> >      
> So what you're saying is we're more likely to take an outage due to tripping
> over a bug, so we should go for the simplest non-crossover config to minimize
> the chances of hitting a bug. ;)
>