VyOS is a community fork of Vyatta and is still being developed very actively and it pushing ahead with many new features! It's pretty stable too imo.
http://vyos.net/wiki/Main_Page Regards, Tim Raphael > On 9 Apr 2015, at 8:14 am, Faisal Imtiaz <fai...@snappytelecom.net> wrote: > > Mikrotik for OS, and Hardware choice would be to use an X86 appliance (Lanner > Electronics, Axiomtek etc) > You should be able to get a cost effective box that will meet your > performance requirements. > As to feature set, while most of them are their you should do some testing to > see if feature set meets your requirements. > > Most folks often forget that Mikrotik is OS and they also make Hardware (a > variety of sizes for a variety of needs), and the OS can be deployed on > standard or custom hardware server or appliances. > > You can always go the 'Custom' Linux Route, using x86 boxes with your own > distro, too bad that Vyatta OS took a different route under Brocade.. > > > > Faisal Imtiaz > Snappy Internet & Telecom > > ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Daniel Rohan" <dro...@gmail.com> >> To: "NANOG" <nanog@nanog.org> >> Sent: Wednesday, April 8, 2015 6:46:40 PM >> Subject: Multi-gigabit edge devices as CPE >> >> I work at a state REN and we are seeking a lead for a new edge device for >> on prem deployment at customer sites. >> >> We currently deploy two classes of routers-- a high end and a low end. Both >> the high end and the low end use some of the standard edge features: >> MPLS-TE, MBGP, flowspec, vrf, PIM, etc. We deliver full tables over these >> devices to the customers that need them. >> >> We recently finished a new ethernet procurement and have a large number of >> sites (~200) moving from <1Gbps in bandwidth to 1-10Gb in bandwidth. Our >> currently deployed low-end router can't handle these speeds and we can't >> afford to place our high end router at 200+ sites. >> >> So, we're looking for a middle tier router to deploy. Something with 2+ >> SFP+ ports, software that can handle the aforementioned features, and >> something with an API that we can leverage for programmatic management. >> >> So far we've not found anything that checks all the boxes. Layer 3 switches >> seem like obvious choices, but lack some of the features and RIB/FIB we >> need at the edge. Other devices like the Juniper MX5/10 certainly meet the >> requirements, but are priced way beyond what we can afford. >> >> Any suggestions for devices we might have overlooked? Preferably in the >> less than 10K per unit price point. If such a magical device exists. >> >> -Dan >>