Drew Weaver wrote:
> Howdy. We?re looking at upgrading our border router(s)
> from 7500s to (something) yet undetermined.
I love my 7304-G100's as a nice step up from the 7500's, and short of
the GSR or J-vendor. Be sure to get the G100's and not the NSE-100 (no
PXF). Order of magnitude less horsepower, same cost, don't know why
they even sell them.
> I?ve also heard of gear from companies like route
> science that could possibly achieve the same thing. But I?ve heard
> that it runs like $300,000 for a box, is there anything a
bit smaller
> for companies within the oc-3 range? That could accompany my router?
Drew mentioned InterNAP's Sockeye and NetVMG stuff, and Bruce pointed
out OER:
Cisco Optimized Edge Routing (OER)
Solutions Suite for Technology, Industry, or Business Needs - Cisco
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Solutions Suite for Technology, Industry, or Business Needs - Cisco
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There's also Infiniroute, formerly Proficient Networks. (couldn't he'p
mahself, Bruce)
In any event, unless you're running your links at near capacity, I would
say that occasional manual balancing (an hour once every few weeks or
so) is a LOT less effort than implementing and caring for all the above
new moving parts.
Chris
Affinity Internet