On the subject of route reflection, I've run into a few people happy with Quaggo or openBGPd on intel hardware. You can throw a 1U box together with dual PSUs, a bunch of ram, and SSD/CF disks for far less than a C or J setup and won't be wasting money on ASICs you aren't using. If I recall correctly this is what Any2 was using when I spoke to them some years ago, but perhaps someone here can offer more specifics.
-Jack Carrozzo On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 8:13 AM, Eric Morin <eri...@barrettxplore.com>wrote: > Hi > > I working on a solution to offload my current internet facing, and soon > to be backbone, routers from terminating IBGP sessions from aggregation > network routers. I currently have 4948s (pizza box version of the > cat4500) in place, mostly bridging traffic, but some routing (OSPF, > couple dozen SVIs with HSRP). The 4948s surpasses all solution > requirements (I think) except when it comes to scaling the number of BGP > sessions to 80-100. The obvious solution is to replace with a much > larger platform (ASR1k, etc), which I am consider as an option but > capital is the killer. A more economical idea is to pair the 4948s with > a route reflector or server. I am looking for recommendations on > platforms that I should consider. I have seen the presentation from > NANOG48 on open source route server applications (Thanks!), and I am > considering a home grown solution, but I want to also consider any other > commercial appliances that we can drop in (with some lab work of course) > and buy support services on. I looked at a Vyatta appliance (2500 looks > good, but single power supply is disappointing). At each PoP I would > plan on having two reflectors/servers clustered, each paired with one > 4948. I have 7206 NPE-G2s coming out of service in the future that could > perhaps be used, but the timing wont work. > > > > If anyone has a recommendation on a platform, or general criticism of > the idea, please advise. Feedback, positive or negative, is always > welcome. > > > > > > Thanks in advance > > > > Eric RR Morin > > > >