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Re: What routers do folks use these days?

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Fredy Kuenzler)
Fri Nov 29 03:20:10 2013

Date: Fri, 29 Nov 2013 09:19:33 +0100
From: Fredy Kuenzler <kuenzler@init7.net>
To: nanog@nanog.org
In-Reply-To: <529827FC.8040603@forethought.net>
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Am 29.11.2013 06:37, schrieb Jawaid Desktop:
> We're a service provider, and we have a network full of Cat6509's.
> We are finding that we are outgrowing them from the standpoint of
> their ability to handle lots of large routing tables. Obviously
> their switching capability is still superb but one of them with 20
> peers is starting to groan a bit and RAM is going to be an issue
> soon.
>=20
> What do people use these days? Our backbone needs in the next 2-3
> years are going to be sub-100Gbps.

Check the Brocade MLXe series. We (Init7 / AS13030) are using them and
the previous XMR series for years and are happy with it. CLI is
Cisco-look-and-feel, the software tree has a clear structure (unlike
Cisco with hundreds of versions) and the TAC is willing to ssh into your
gear to assist.

--=20
Fredy Kuenzler

Init7 (Switzerland) Ltd.
AS13030
St. Georgen-Strasse 70
CH-8400 Winterthur
Twitter: @init7 / @kuenzler
http://www.init7.net/


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