7200's are bricks, expensive but reliable. 99% of the problems
are with the supports-a-million cards, protocols and features
IOS images. The more bloat, the more bug exposure and the less
focus.
we've never had problems with our one 3640, we've sold a number
to customers without fundamental problems. They're "cheaper",
but then so are used 7206's so we tend to get 7206's for our
own internal use where 7500's or GSR's aren't indicated.
The 3600 (and 2600) are nice flexible systems that replace the
obsolecent 4000 and 2500 platforms. Those families had just sort
of run out of room to grow, without changing memory architecture /
capacity and system/slot interface capability.
The 3600 series could be a bit better if Cisco wasn't playing
price-protection games with the 7200 family, there are a few
key interface cards missing (t3 or ct3 and atm t3) and the
prices are a bit high, especially the 3660.
The 7100 series is potentially a strong performer in between the
3600 and 7200 series, but again Cisco is playing games to avoid
selling them into slots that could sell as 7200's.
George
> Date: Thu, 17 May 2001 20:25:47 +0200
> From: Gert Doering <gert@greenie.muc.de>
> To: CARL.P.HIRSCH@sargentlundy.com, cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net
> Subject: Re: Noisy/Vibrating PSU on 7100-series router?
> References: <OF28C4FE65.B27A446C-ON86256A4F.00573BE4@sargentlundy.com>
>
> Hi,
>
> On Thu, May 17, 2001 at 11:04:38AM -0500, CARL.P.HIRSCH@sargentlundy.com wrote:
> > [ noisy PSUs ]
> >
> > As mentioned above, this is the first piece of Cisco gear we've had such a
> > problem with. Is this part of a trend anyone working with newer Cisco kit
> > has seen?
>
> I'm quite happy with our 7200s. Solid, and while noisy, not more than one
> would expect from a device with LOTs of fans and LOTs of air throughput.
>
> The 3640 is kinda "cheap" if compared to the 4700s that we have been using
> before them, but then, it costs a lot less as well :-)
>
> gert
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