[c-nsp] 6500 vs 3750 stack

Kristian Larsson kristian at juniks.net
Tue Mar 14 12:39:27 EST 2006


On Tue, Mar 14, 2006 at 09:32:03AM -0800, matthew zeier wrote:
> 
> I realize I'm comparing apples and oranges here but I'm considering 
> using a stack of 3750s instead of a pair of 6509s mostly because the 
> cost of a 48 port 10/100/1000 line card is twice what another 3750 would 
> cost me.
> 
> Site's only pushing ~80Mbps but will clearly grow.  Any compelling 
> reasons to go one way or the other?
3750 can hold somewhere around 10k routes where
the 6509 can hold between 256k and 1M depending on
configuration. Basically if you're using a 'full
internet table' you want the 6500.

   Kristian.


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