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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: RADWare Linkproof? (or better ways to multihome)
> Mike, > If the purpose of using BGP is to server load balance, there are other > products that work as well if not better. Take a look at F5, Alteon and > Arrowpoint. BGP will be a good method to load share traffic between > multiple different providers Don't forget Foundry. > Regards > Mohamed Best, Tim > > On Wed, 1 Nov 2000, Mike Johnson wrote: > > > > > Back in March (looking through the archives) there was some discussion > > on this product as a replacement for BGP-4 for multihoming. > > > > I find myself in a situation where I'm going to be setting up a site > > that will be multihomed at a co-lo site. We're going to be connected > > to two separate ISPs via fast ethernet connections. > > > > I have only discussed BGP with one of the ISP's (we will not be getting > > IP services from the co-lo company), but they didn't seem to indicate > > that they had any issues with us using BGP. So, it seems that BGP-4 > > is an option. > > > > We've been speaking with RADWare about their Web Server Directors for > > server load balancing and they brought up the Linkproof > > (http://www.radware.com/content/products/link.htm). I was planning > > on just purchasing a big ole router and running BGP, but the idea of > > replacing the router with a pair of Linkproofs (high availability) is > > very attractive both from a cost standpoint and from an expertise > > standpoint (I'm the only one here who has run BGP-4 at all, and that > > was only in a lab, playing around -- ie, we have damned near no in > > house BGP-4 experience). > > > > I'm waiting to hear back from our salesdroid on other customers who > > currently use Linkproofs in this manner (he says there are several), > > but since this has been discussed here (but no conclusions seem to > > have been reached), I thought I would ask and see if anyone has > > experience with this product. > > > > In the end, I'm certainly willing to look at other solutions, but > > we're a bit iffy on BGP and we're already planning on running NAT, > > so the Linkproof looks like a good fit. > > > > Thanks, > > Mike > > -- > > Mike Johnson > > Network Engineer / iSun Networks, Inc. > > Morrisville, NC > > All opinions are mine, not those of my employer > > > > >
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