"is it worth learning and paying the 12x the price for less throughput?"
- No
If there is something you gain by using the Cisco (all your staff
understands Cisco better than MikroTik, the Cisco is more stable, the
Cisco offers a featureset you can't get on the MikroTik) then you should
do it.
But if it comes down to the fact that it has a Cisco label on it (which
is all it sounds like it would be for you right now) then I wouldn't
bother, personally.
On 6/30/2017 12:46 PM, David Jones wrote:
Good morning.
I have a deep question for the Mikrotik people and the Cisco people.
Let me give you an overview of where we are.
Currently we have all of our tower sites using Mikrotik connecting to
our core with MPLS/VPLS to our core that is multiple Mikrotik routers
using VRRP (I had a core die from power supply failure and our network
didn't skip a beet while it was replaced.) The VRRP core then connects
to our edge that is a Cisco ASR1001-x that connects to our BGP peers.
The reason we went with Cisco was because all the CCR Mikrotik Lagged
horribly when doing BGP full tables. We had a Maxxwave router that did
fine with the BGP but had crap interface support with Mikrotik not
having good drivers for the interfaces. Different MTU for the MPLS
caused problems.
It appears that now with Mikrotik's CHR fixes the driver problems. the
Virtual host deals with the drivers so Mikrotik doesn't have to.
All has been fine for a few years... but now the Cisco has reset
itself twice in the past week. For whatever reason a reboot on a Cisco
= 15-20min down time. We are now needing a VRRP solution for the Edge.
So here is the cross roads... Do we get another ASR1001-x and struggle
for a while to get a form of VRRP to work between them? Or do we get
something like this
(https://www.amazon.com/Supermicro-SuperServer-5018D-FN8T-Rackmount-10GbE/dp/B01LXUATHB
<https://www.amazon.com/Supermicro-SuperServer-5018D-FN8T-Rackmount-10GbE/dp/B01LXUATHB>)
and keep it all Mikrotik for ease of training and use?
We do not have much experience with Cisco. It takes us quite a bit to
configure and change them. is it worth learning and paying the 12x the
price for less throughput?
Cisco ASR 1001 2.5gbps throughput = $6,680
Cisco Licence for 10gbps throughput = $13,099
Total for 1 Cisco router + Repair of current + 1 Spare = $41,558
vs Mikrotik
Supermicro SuperServer 5018D-FN8T + 16G mem + SSD = $986
CHR 10Gbps upload per interface = $95
Total for 2 routers + 1 spare = $3,243
Is Cisco still the better option? would it be better to say use 3 MK
routers in VRRP with one spare so 2 can fail and not be a problem?
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