If the base price were $7,500 with PA combo's in the $10,000 to $12,500
range it would be a killer product. Face it, the 2500 class router still
takes care of a lot of needs, but the 2600, 2650 and 3620 make a decent
low end (though the 3600 family is overdue a new CPU / montherboard
implementation), the the 3640, 7100, 7400 and 7206 cover the mid-range
pretty well. Cisco's real probably is what lies between the 7206VXR
and the GSR architecture, the 7500's are getting kind old in the tooth
backplane-bandwidth wise, and even if you come up with a 2/3 slot
GSR whith better integration, the damn linecards are still too expensive
and this is where Cisco is slipping in the most embarasing fashion with
Juniper over the last year or two, and a number of hungry folks trying
to turn silcon into bandwith - at least one of the lot is going to get
somewhere...
George
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> On Sun, 8 Jul 2001, Bill Woodcock wrote:
>
> > > I was wondering if anyone has looked at the new 7401 and, if so, how do they
> > > feel about the price in relation to power? The list on this thing is
> > > $19,000 which seems high to me for a NPE 350, 128M ram, 2 100Mbit ports and
> > > an empty PA slot.
> >
> > You're paying for density, not power per chassis. It's a great deal, and
> > an incredibly well-spec'd box.
>
> Is there really a market for this? I'm having trouble picturing someone
> needing this much router power in that small a chassis. As for density,
> the 7401 doesn't really have it. It's just compact. A 7206VXR is going
> to provide more port density (6 PA slots in 3U vs. 1 PA slot in 1U).
>
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