In a enterprise network, where/why would you buy routers when you can get switches lot cheaper? I can get a switch with 4x10+24x1 gig ports, MPLS/BGP/OSPF, 1M FIB for 1/3th of what a router with similar amount of ports would be. And of course when you need lots of 10Gig ports the price difference is going to be a lot larger in favor of a switch.
Maybe if you get multiple full BGP tables from different ISPs, couple routers there would make some sense.
We operate our own MPLS network in few different cities, and we've built everything with 1U or chassis switches. Just wondering what we're missing :)
No comments:
Post a Comment