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I like to think of a route server, when used for actual routing exchange rather than statistics collection alone, as a means of scaling eBGP by reducing the number of peers. That complements a route reflector, which is a means of scaling iBGP. Bay RS, at one point, made a distinction between a route reflector and a route reflector server, both for iBGP scalability. I'd have to do some digging to find out if the latter was more than a marketing distinction. One difference is that Route Servers, like the ones run by Merit RSNG team, are based on the Internet Routing Registry, whereas route reflectors are not. Route Server routes are re-announced based upon configured IRR policy.
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