[c-nsp] Replacment for 3640

[Robert E. Seastrom]

Jared Mauch <jared at puck.nether.net> writes:

> On Tue, Aug 24, 2004 at 04:16:55PM +0100, Barney Sowood wrote:
> > I'm basically looking for recommendations as to what to replace it
> > with, we can probably get hold of a 7206/NPE-200 or a 7206vxr/NPE-300,
> > do people think either of those would cope OK (I'd think so from the
> > point of view of moving packets - it's more the NBAR overhead I'm
> > unsure about)?
> 
> 	I would go for the VXR chassis if at all possible, just because
> it provides great upgrade paths in the future (eg: npe-g1).

While I like Jared's reasoning, the 7206/NPE200 is a much more capable
little box than a 3640, to the extent that you may wish to consider
that further upgrade is not in the cards in the foreseeable (2-3 year)
future and that by then the landscape may have changed.

                                        ---Rob