Vyatta Network OS for x86 Servers

Installed on a server, Vyatta outperforms more expensive routers from Cisco and Juniper.

Vyatta changes the economics of networking by enabling enterprises to build high performance network gear – from standard x86 servers. Installed on bare metal, Vyatta outperforms vastly more expensive routers from Cisco and Juniper. Vyatta can be installed on systems scaling from single core to multi-core processors for high-performance BGP routing or scalable VPN termination. Advancements in x86 processing power have proven that readily available multi-core systems can easily handle small packet processing and deep packet inspection up to 10Gbps.

Scalability: Use readily available off-the-shelf x86 components and systems to drive as little or as much performance as your network requires today.

Performance: The performance scale available from x86 hardware is continually expanding. Today’s multi-core servers have been proven to deliver up to 10Gbps routing throughput and faster processors are always on the horizon.

Price: Leveraging open standards in software and hardware allows us to deliver a feature competitive routing and security product for enterprise, government, education and service provider networks at a fraction of the price of common proprietary hardware-based vendor systems.

Basic Hardware Requirements for Building Vyatta Network OS Based Systems

Design Consequences	Memory	Storage	Cores
1-4 100Mb Interfaces 1-4 T1/E1 Interfaces 1 Routing Protocol up to 100 Routes, Basic Firewalling	512MB	2GB	1 Core
2-6 Interfaces (combo of 1GBE - T3) Up to 2 Routing Protocols Up to 10,000 Routes Firewall, NAT	1GB	2GB+	1-2 Cores
6-10 Interfaces (combo of 1GBE - T3) 2 or more Routing Protocols Full Internet Routing Table Firewall, NAT, VPN	2GB	2GB+	2-4 Cores
10 or more 1GBE or T1/T3 Interfaces 10GBE Interfaces 2 or more Routing Protocols Full Internet Routing Table from Multiple BGP Peers Complex Firewall, NAT, VPN	4GB	4GB+	4-8 Cores