L3 MPLS or VPLS

Hi,
To connect 10 sites to head office whcih technology would be better VPLS or MPLS? I would add more sites later on and it should have voice, video and critical application qos support. I know MPLS is better than VPLS in some respect. But VPSL comes into play where its simple network VPN deployment. I am looking for suggestion about VPLS/MPLS deployment scenario and their advantages and disadvantages.
regards,
arman

Hi Arman,
I would go with L3 MPLS/VPN.  In a layer 3 VPN troubleshooting is a lot easier, because the PE has a point-to-point L3 interface with the CE.  Therefore, if there is any issue,  you can easily use tools like trace route and ping to troubleshot the interfaces  In a layer-2 environment, all sites appear to be in the same LAN even though they traverse the service provider's backbone.  Also since VPLS is deployed in networks in a point-to-multipoint fashion, the packet originating from a CE device can be broadcast to all the PE routers participating in a VPLS routing instance.
HTH
Reza

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