[90591] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Zebra/linux device production networking?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Tiffany Snyder)
Tue Jun 6 18:29:45 2006
Date: Tue, 6 Jun 2006 15:29:16 -0700
From: "Tiffany Snyder" <tiffany.snyder@gmail.com>
To: "Nick Burke" <mrmud@mrmud.org>
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
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IMHO, it's a bad idea. A less intrusive alternative might be a FreeBSD based
platform running Xorp/Quagga.
Tiffany.
On 6/6/06, Nick Burke <mrmud@mrmud.org> wrote:
>
>
> Greetings fellow nanogers,
>
> Long time lurker, first time poster (please, be gentle!).
>
> After looking at the archives, I didn't see this particular discussion,
> so here we go.
>
> First, a little background..
> My CTO made my stomach curdle today when he announced that he wanted to
> do away with all our cisco [routers] and instead use Linux/zebra boxen.
> We are a small company, so naturally penny pinching is the primary
> motivation. That, and the sheer joy of watching me squirm. He has
> informed me that he has found "many people" who do this for their "core
> devices". I'm not so certain about this whole situation, so I humbly ask:
>
> How many of you have actually use(d) Zebra/Linux as a routing device
> (core and/or regional, I'd be interested in both) in a production (read:
> 99.999% required, hsrp, bgp, dot1q, other goodies) environment?
>
> And, if you care to spend this much time, what pitfalls/benefits did you
> find out about after implementation?
>
> Has there been any discussion (or musings) of moving towards such a
> solution? I've seen a lot of articles talking about it, but I've not
> actually seen many network operators chiming in.
>
> Here's the article that started it all (this was featured on /., so
> likely you've read it already).
>
>
> http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/nov2004/tc20041129_5206_tc024.htm
> and another:
> http://www.networkworld.com/community/?q=node/5693
>
> Feel free to respond off list. If anyone else is interested, I will of
> course summarize to list or to individuals.
>
> (ps, particulars are deliberately not included.. I'm not looking for
> advice, just if anyone has any solid experience with this..)
>
>
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IMHO, it's a bad idea. A less intrusive alternative might be a FreeBSD based platform running Xorp/Quagga.<br>
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Tiffany.<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 6/6/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Nick Burke</b> <<a href="mailto:mrmud@mrmud.org">mrmud@mrmud.org</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<br>Greetings fellow nanogers,<br><br>Long time lurker, first time poster (please, be gentle!).<br><br>After looking at the archives, I didn't see this particular discussion,<br>so here we go.<br><br>First, a little background..
<br>My CTO made my stomach curdle today when he announced that he wanted to<br>do away with all our cisco [routers] and instead use Linux/zebra boxen.<br>We are a small company, so naturally penny pinching is the primary<br>
motivation. That, and the sheer joy of watching me squirm. He has<br>informed me that he has found "many people" who do this for their "core<br>devices". I'm not so certain about this whole situation, so I humbly ask:
<br><br>How many of you have actually use(d) Zebra/Linux as a routing device<br>(core and/or regional, I'd be interested in both) in a production (read:<br>99.999% required, hsrp, bgp, dot1q, other goodies) environment?<br>
<br>And, if you care to spend this much time, what pitfalls/benefits did you<br>find out about after implementation?<br><br>Has there been any discussion (or musings) of moving towards such a<br>solution? I've seen a lot of articles talking about it, but I've not
<br>actually seen many network operators chiming in.<br><br>Here's the article that started it all (this was featured on /., so<br>likely you've read it already).<br><br><a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/nov2004/tc20041129_5206_tc024.htm">
http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/nov2004/tc20041129_5206_tc024.htm</a><br>and another:<br><a href="http://www.networkworld.com/community/?q=node/5693">http://www.networkworld.com/community/?q=node/5693</a><br>
<br>Feel free to respond off list. If anyone else is interested, I will of<br>course summarize to list or to individuals.<br><br>(ps, particulars are deliberately not included.. I'm not looking for<br>advice, just if anyone has any solid experience with this..)
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