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soamz
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Which Microtik router can handle this ?

Mon Jul 11, 2016 6:42 am

I recently peered to Google and Akamai in a data center and using huawei s5700-28x-li-24s-ac switch for it, but now I have customers there and I need to terminate those CDN providers into a router.

Peering to terminate to Router : 
Google 10G Port  (500 routes)
Akamai 1G Port (181 routes)
AMazon 1G Port (135 routes)
ISPA 1G Port (30 routes)

So, basically I need  2 10G ports and rest can be 1G ports. 

And total traffic to pass is around 2.5Gbps or 2Gbps. 

Please suggest a CCR!
I did not find any which has 2 10G SFP and more than 4 1G SFP. 
 
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Re: Which Microtik router can handle this ?

Mon Jul 11, 2016 7:55 am

CCR1072-1G-8S+ has 8 SFP+ that can do 10G or 1G.
There are also other models with 2 SFP+ and 1G ports as 1G-base-t rather than SFP.

But you could also only use a single 10G port for all your uplinks using VLANs on your switch to establish the point-to-point connections to your peers. Or even just to a bonding link of 2*10G with you switch and even do the link to your own network using VLANS as virtual cables.
Since your traffic is less than 10G, that should be fine and not impact perf at all.

This way you can use any cheaper CCR than only has 2 SFP+.
 
 
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Re: Which Microtik router can handle this ?

Mon Jul 11, 2016 7:58 am

Have a look at the following devices:
  • CCR1036-8G-2S+ - 8x 1G (copper) ports + 2x SFP+ (10G) ports.
  • CCR1036-8G-2S+EM - Same as above, but more memory on board.
  • CCR1072-1G-8S+ - 1x 1G (copper) port + 8 SFP+ (10G) ports, but all SFP+ ports should be compatible with 1G SFP modules. If you need 1G copper ports, have a look at the S-RJ01 SFP module.
 
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Re: Which Microtik router can handle this ?

Mon Jul 11, 2016 8:37 am

Have a look at the following devices:
  • CCR1036-8G-2S+ - 8x 1G (copper) ports + 2x SFP+ (10G) ports.
  • CCR1036-8G-2S+EM - Same as above, but more memory on board.
  • CCR1072-1G-8S+ - 1x 1G (copper) port + 8 SFP+ (10G) ports, but all SFP+ ports should be compatible with 1G SFP modules. If you need 1G copper ports, have a look at the S-RJ01 SFP module.
Andre, Im thinking to get CCR1036-8G-2S+ . I see it has 2 SFP+ ports. 
Can this handle the above requirements like 10-12k IPv4 routes and 2.5Gbps traffic ?
 
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Re: Which Microtik router can handle this ?

Mon Jul 11, 2016 8:48 am

Can this handle the above requirements like 10-12k IPv4 routes and 2.5Gbps traffic ?
That will depend on your configuration, but in general I expect this device to be mostly idle while forwarding 2.5Gbps traffic. Please have a look at the performance test result numbers at the bottom of the product page.

As to the number of routes, I don't have relevant experience myself. I suggest you open a new topic in the "Forwarding Protocols" section of this forum describing your routing requirements, forwarding protocols you are going to use, and asking for some performance references.
 
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Re: Which Microtik router can handle this ?

Mon Jul 11, 2016 8:57 am

CCR1072-1G-8S+ has 8 SFP+ that can do 10G or 1G.
There are also other models with 2 SFP+ and 1G ports as 1G-base-t rather than SFP.

But you could also only use a single 10G port for all your uplinks using VLANs on your switch to establish the point-to-point connections to your peers. Or even just to a bonding link of 2*10G with you switch and even do the link to your own network using VLANS as virtual cables.
Since your traffic is less than 10G, that should be fine and not impact perf at all.

This way you can use any cheaper CCR than only has 2 SFP+.
 
Bro, here is my diagram :
Peers >> Microtik Router >> Huawei Switch >> Differents ISPs who peer with me at my mini IXP. 
So, basically, different peers terminating to the Microtik Router ports, then BGP done in the microtik for my peers and also the BGP of my customers whom I have to offer peering, who will be connected to the Huawei switch which is after my Microtik, so each customer will be a vlan in the huawei switch each port. So, that I can connect multiple ISPs to my huawei switch. 
 
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Re: Which Microtik router can handle this ?

Mon Jul 11, 2016 9:21 am

Yeah, I understand your current diagram ... my point was that you could _change_ it and just have everything connected to your switch (both peers and ISP) and then have the CCR "on a stick" just connected to your switch and use VLANs as virtual patch cables to make any logical topology you want. 
 
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Re: Which Microtik router can handle this ?

Mon Jul 11, 2016 10:42 pm

Yeah, I understand your current diagram ... my point was that you could _change_ it and just have everything connected to your switch (both peers and ISP) and then have the CCR "on a stick" just connected to your switch and use VLANs as virtual patch cables to make any logical topology you want. 
OH wow, thats a good idea. 
I hope its possible.