====== Search for a new edge01 ======

Our current router is dying for a few years now. Here's what we're looking for:

  - Rack mount, ideally 1U
  - Either a PC (for NixOS) with IPMI or a proper router that won't need to be remote rescued
  - If not a PC must be able to do v4/v6 routing and do BGP/OSPF/ECMP with some sensible buffer sizes and QoS (ie. not a switch). BGP should have a non-shit filter system.
  - Front facing ports
  - Either built-in or expandable to 4xGbE and 2xSFP+ (eg. for a PC a PCIe slot for a ConnectX-6 to get 25G while we're at it)
  - Not a power hog (ie. not an ancient Xeon server)

===== Candidates =====

  - A Mikrotik CCR2004 ; if no better options appear by EOM April q3k will just buy one. It's not a proper router but it's fucking something. And it's certainly better than the courent zombie mode edge01.
  - **Juniper NFX250 / MX150: our pick for edge02**

===== Rejects =====

  - Supermicro offer: seemingly not updated for edge/appliance stuff, paying full price for 2019 equipment is madness
    - The only attractive machine is the [[https://www.supermicro.com/en/products/system/iot/1u/sys-510d-8c-fn6p|SYS-510D-8C-FN6P]] but at 2700€ barebones it's way too fucking expensive for what it is.
  - ASRock Rack offer: nothing compact
  - Lanner offer: 'call us for quote'
  - N210/N100 mini PCs from Aliexpress: no IPMI
  - Aarch64 boxes with NixOS: too experimental/slow and still no IPMI
  - MC12-LE0 mobo: can't find a good rack enclosure for it
  - Old Cisco/Juniper/Arista iron: either expensive, or power hungry, or EOL