FW: use Bird as Route Server for Balcan-IX

[george.nicolae at orange.com]

Hello

My name is George Nicolae and I work for Orange Romania Communications ( former Telekom Romania Communications).  We operate an Internet Exchange : Balcan-IX ,  that is mainly present in Romania but have also point of presence in countries around us, and partner with IX-es from this countries.

Now we have around 50 customers and 6500 prefixes exchanged.

We now use Quagga for route servers and we analyze what is the best way to upgrade, both as hardware and software.

As you developed Bird,  that is used by most of the major players in the IX market, we want to ask you for information about usage BIRD as route-server in our IX. Following come in my mind at first hand

*        What hardware did we need for accommodate 2 Route Servers with Bird ,  taking into consideration following:

o   Double the number of prefixes and customers

o   We use the hardware for Route Servers and if possible for other tools that is related  as reporting ,  looking glass and others if are available. Did you know about integrations of your software with other reporting/configuration tools ?

o   We have an mixed environment and we need to make customization of the service

*        Is bird Software free?  Do you developed other tools related  to usage of this software as Route Server.

*        What are requirements regarding Operating System and Hypervisor

Also we appreciate any info regarding Bird and also comparison with other alternatives for this role.

Thank you
George Nicolae
Orange Romania Communications



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