Vyatta as a BRAS

[khatfield at socllc.net (khatfield at socllc.net)]

I haven't done real world testing with Vyatta but we consistently pass 750KPPS+ without the slightest hiccup on our FreeBSD routing systems.

Correct hardware with the right configuration can make all of the difference.


-----Original Message-----
From: "Dobbins, Roland" <rdobbins at arbor.net>
Date: Tue, 13 Jul 2010 16:15:18 
To: NANOG list<nanog at nanog.org>
Subject: Re: Vyatta as a BRAS


On Jul 13, 2010, at 10:58 PM, Joe Greco wrote:

> It's interesting.  One can get equally militant and say that hardware based routers are irrelevant in many applications. 


When BCPs are followed, they don't tend to fall over the moment someone hits them with a few kpps of packets - which should be a key criteria for an edge device.

The same can't be said of software-based devices.

If maintaining availability is important, then hardware-based (semantic hairsplitting aside) devices are a requirement.

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