[167984] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Open source hardware
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Thomas Nadeau)
Fri Jan 3 08:29:43 2014
From: Thomas Nadeau <tnadeau@lucidvision.com>
In-Reply-To: <CAAAwwbV=D1KCzCw+PjjmQdSouzprp6s0USa2GjpvR6fsEztJHw@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 3 Jan 2014 08:29:28 -0500
To: Jimmy Hess <mysidia@gmail.com>
Cc: "nanog@nanog.org" <nanog@nanog.org>
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On Jan 3, 2014:12:01 AM, at 12:01 AM, Jimmy Hess <mysidia@gmail.com> =
wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 2, 2014 at 8:53 PM, Andrew Duey <
> andrew.duey@widerangebroadband.net> wrote:
>=20
>> I'm surprised nobody's mentioned vyatta.org or the new fork of VyOs. =
We
>> are currently using the vyatta community edition and so far it's been =
good
>> to to us. It depends on your hardware and how small of an ISP you =
are but
>> it might be a great open source fit for you.
>=20
>=20
> The orig. author has potentially set course for a world of hurt -- if =
the
> plan is to scrap robust packaged highly-validated gear having separate
> hardware forwarding planes and ASIC-driven filtering, to stick cheap =
x86
> servers in the SP core and internet borders.
>=20
> Sure... anyone can install Vyatta on a x86 server, but assembly of =
all
> the pieces and full validation for a resilient platform comparable to
> carrier grade gear, for a mission critical network, should be a bit =
more
> involved than that.
>=20
> Next up.... how to build your own 10-Gigabit SFPs to avoid paying =
for
> expensive brand-name SFPs, by putting together some chips, wires, =
fiber,
> and tying it all together with a piece of duck tape....
>=20
> just saying... :)
That does seem a bit harsh given there are numerous examples of =
companies out there successfully putting together and deploying their =
own switches/routers in production. It may require significant resources =
and not be for the faint of heart, but from what I've seen, its far from =
a bailing wire and bubblegum operation.
--Tom
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>=20
>> --Andrew Duey
>>=20
> --
> -JH
>=20
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