[122322] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: Latest Cisco for small dual homed ASN
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Matthew Huff)
Thu Feb 11 14:13:08 2010
From: Matthew Huff <mhuff@ox.com>
To: 'James Smallacombe' <up@3.am>, "'nanog@nanog.org'" <nanog@nanog.org>
Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2010 14:12:42 -0500
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You can squeeze by with 512MB, but 1GB of ram would be better.=20
A 7204VXR with 1GB of ram will work fine. You can also squeeze by with a 29=
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: James Smallacombe [mailto:up@3.am]
> Sent: Thursday, February 11, 2010 1:53 PM
> To: nanog@nanog.org
> Subject: Latest Cisco for small dual homed ASN
>=20
>=20
> I have a customer that is looking at using BGP for their network; one
> connection over a few bonded T1s, the other over a Comcast Enterprise
> connection (which supposedly will do BGP now).
>=20
> When I was dual homed a few years ago, a 7204VXR with 256MB was more than
> adequate. With routing tables growing the way they are, what's a good
> Cisco based solution on the lower end of the price spectrum that should
> handle this fine for a few years?
>=20
> Somebody else is suggesting a Vyatta (Linux based) solution, which makes
> me a little nervous. Then again, Linux has improved dramatically from a
> security and stability P.O.V, so maybe it's worth a look if there's no
> hard drive involved.
>=20
> TIA,
>=20
> James Smallacombe PlantageNet, Inc. CEO and Janitor
> up@3.am http://3.am
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