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There is no doubt FRR had value, but like all tech, there was a complexity that came with it, so it really only made sense for certain applications. Heavy voice
by nu11ptr 4y ago
There is no doubt FRR had value, but like all tech, there was a complexity that came with it, so it really only made sense for certain applications. Heavy voice/video networks were a no brainer, but other TCP-based applications that were less sensitive were of less value, esp. as IGP convergence improved.
- great_wubwub 4y agoYeah, for sure. I'm not saying FRR was always the right answer for all questions, but for a good decade or more it was a pretty solid choice, and particularly with auto-tunnel, it was easy to do. RSVP was far too complex a hammer for just FRR, and I like SR-LDP for FRR now, but from maybe 1998 (?) to 2015 (?) MPLS-TE FRR was the best tool we had.