Re: FRR for BGP route reflectors?

[Bradley Gillette via NANOG <nanog () lists nanog org>]

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> On Jun 2, 2026, at 7:31 AM, Owens, Richard A. via NANOG <nanog () lists nanog org> wrote:
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> I have had this question also before. Also importantly, if you would, what kind of hardware specs do your RR's have 
> and are they physical or virtual?
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> Hi Tom!
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> We are using FRRouting on Linux VMs as dedicated BGP route reflectors for AFs vpnv4, vpnv6 and evpn.
> Having around 1000 RR clients connected with a handful of L3VPN and a few dozen EVPN instances.
> We don't keep the full routing table on them, but that should cause no problem, just throw a bit more memory onto the 
> VMs.
> BGP works like a charm on FRRouting and is also pretty good on supporting recent BGP features.
> We can absolutely recommend it.
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> As a sidenote: IGPs at FRRouting seem to get a bit less love, so don't be too sophisticated there...
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> BR,
> Thomas
> Senior Network Engineer
> Init7 (AS13030)
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