[105824] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Replacement for Avaya CNA/RouteScience
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Paul Wall)
Thu Jul 3 11:25:28 2008
Date: Thu, 3 Jul 2008 11:25:11 -0400
From: "Paul Wall" <pauldotwall@gmail.com>
To: "Drew Weaver" <drew.weaver@thenap.com>
In-Reply-To: <B7152C470C9BF3448ED33F16A75D81C14D33824108@exchanga.thenap.com>
Cc: "nanog@nanog.org" <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces@nanog.org
On Thu, Jul 3, 2008 at 7:50 AM, Drew Weaver <drew.weaver@thenap.com> wrote:
> Howdy for reasons it might be inappropriate to discuss on this list we've decided that we're going to replace our Avaya/RouteScience box and we're looking for recommendations on different solutions for 'BGP management appliances'.
>
> We're aware of the Internap FCP product, but is there anything else out there besides 'oy, hire a BGP admin ya tool!' that anyone can offer?
Going off this and previous posts, you'd well-served to follow the
advice you sarcastically dispense, and hire an engineer.
Opex and capex (spread over a ~2 year product lifetime) costs for the
above solutions in a small (several gigabits, several transit
providers) environment are right up there with the salary of a junior
to mid-level networking professional in most markets. By hiring a
live human, you get not only somebody who can tweak localpref, but
also a critical thinker who can aid in troubleshooting outages and
help you plan for growth.
Paul
