[rrg] BGP scaling limit?

[William Herrin]

> On Mon, Jan 5, 2009 at 3:00 PM, Jason Schiller <schiller at uu.net> wrote:
>> 1. What pricing model do vendors use for routers such that a moderately
>> low end CPE that can carry multiple views of full routes (think cisco
>> 7200 for customer with a single T1 to each of four different
>> providers) remains affordable to small enterprises without making the cost
>> of high end routes grow logarithmically as they keep up with table growth.

Jason,

I'm picking a nit but...

A Cisco 7200 is overkill for a customer today running 4 BGP sessions
over 4 T1's. A 2811 is more than capable of the task. For anyone not
familiar with it, the 2811 is this generation's version of the 2500
series. In the described configuration it costs $2000-$3000 depending
on how carefully you shop.

Regards,
Bill Herrin


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