On Wed, Aug 14, 2024 at 4:21 PM Samuel L <[email protected]> wrote: > Arista kit such as 7280R series can be had for ~$3,000 and on the more > extreme end, > I have seen virtual machines with a couple of cores and a couple of GB of RAM > hold > and reconverge full tables without breaking a sweat (see: bird2, FRR) though > these > usually can't forward anything more than a couple Gbps of traffic.
Hi Samuel, This was true in 2008 as well. I use FRR extensively in my AS and have even written some (unreleased) code for it. It does not reflect the character of deployed DFZ core routers because that equipment doesn't really do that job. > The cost of a routing device capable of handling a full DFZ table has gone > down *massively*. The average cost of the -relevant- devices capable of handling a full DFZ table has not fallen as far as I can tell. Where "relevant" is defined as the stuff the folks deep in the DFZ use, not stuff they theoretically could use if manpower was cheaper than equipment. The route count has gone up a lot, so unless the router cost has gone up to match, the cost per route has probably fallen. But not by much. Take that as a guess - I haven't collected recent data. Regards, Bill Herrin -- William Herrin [email protected] https://bill.herrin.us/ _______________________________________________ ARIN-PPML You are receiving this message because you are subscribed to the ARIN Public Policy Mailing List ([email protected]). Unsubscribe or manage your mailing list subscription at: https://lists.arin.net/mailman/listinfo/arin-ppml Please contact [email protected] if you experience any issues.
