[167372] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: What routers do folks use these days?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Elliot Finley)
Mon Dec 9 17:29:32 2013
In-Reply-To: <52984E15.3070307@init7.net>
Date: Mon, 9 Dec 2013 15:29:13 -0700
From: Elliot Finley <efinley.lists@gmail.com>
Cc: nanog list <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
+1 for Brocade MLXe. Good Price. Good stuff. Good TAC.
On Fri, Nov 29, 2013 at 1:19 AM, Fredy Kuenzler <kuenzler@init7.net> wrote:
> 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.
> >
> > 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.
>
> --
> Fredy Kuenzler
>
> Init7 (Switzerland) Ltd.
> AS13030
> St. Georgen-Strasse 70
> CH-8400 Winterthur
> Twitter: @init7 / @kuenzler
> http://www.init7.net/
>
>
