HSRP availability in datacenters?

Fri May 11 19:10:58 UTC 2007

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Get rid of the 3550. Get youself a 6509 or 6513 :0

-Mike

On 5/11/07, Randal Kohutek <nanog at data102.com> wrote:
> We currently offer HSRP everywhere, the problem is that it doesn't scale on
> a budget. For example, a 3550 can do 16 HSRP groups, limiting the number of
> customers that we can attach to (2x 3550s) to 16. That's a lot of
> distribution infrastructure for 16 customers. Then to scale that, say, to
> 200+ customers, that means we have 12-13 pairs of distribution routers, each
> with 2x gigE uplinks to the core ... Which means that either (A) the core
> has to be really big or (b) we get fewer, more powerful distribution
> devices.
>
> This is where my employer is at now - I admit, we're tiny in the datacenter
> world - but the cost to aggregate 100+ HSRP groups into the core, with room
> to grow, is pretty staggering for a smb.
>
> This why the suits are wondering if there is a revenue opportunity hiding
> somewhere to finance such a thing. Ah, the joys of growing out of your
> britches :)
>
> Thanks for any continued response,
> Randal
>
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-nanog at merit.edu [mailto:owner-nanog at merit.edu] On
> > Behalf Of Mike Lyon
> > Sent: Friday, May 11, 2007 12:40 PM
> > To: Randal Kohutek
> > Cc: nanog at merit.edu
> > Subject: Re: HSRP availability in datacenters?
> >
> >
> > So is the question: you are selling transit to your customers
> > and you are wondering if you should charge your customer for
> > allowing them to use your HSRP gateway instead of a physical
> > interface on your router?
> >
> > Personally, if I saw a provider charging for that service, I
> > would shy away from them. Only because it tells me they are
> > piece-mealing their services and are cheap. I would think a
> > good provider would include that (and/or not sell it WITHOUT
> > HSRP) in their sales offering. If for the only reason of
> > customer support nightmares. If you have your customers on
> > HSRP and you have a router go down, you wont have them
> > calling you every five minutes bitching at you...
> >
> > -Mike
> >
> >
> > On 5/11/07, Randal Kohutek <nanog at data102.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > My cohorts in suits have begun wondering if HSRP is standard for
> > > customer gateways, and from there wondering if it is
> > something we should charge for.
> > > I did some research and came up with mixed results; I'd
> > like to hear
> > > nanogers experiences with this:
> > >
> > > In your experience, do datacenters provide free HSRP
> > gateways, or do
> > > they make you pay for it?
> > >
> > >
> > > Real world examples are better than Google :) Thanks, Randal
> > >
> > >
> >
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