[c-nsp] 7304 NPE-G100 vs. NSE-100

[Mikael Abrahamsson]

On Tue, 13 Dec 2005, Cory Ayers wrote:

> it as an aggregator.  From my experience the 7606 is an incredible work
> horse, but also a glorified switch with reduced features (similar to
> PXF) and versatility (no NPE version) at a heavier price point.

Personally I would never compare what the Sup720 feature set to what PXF 
has.

The 7600/Sup720 is a speed deamon at the few things it does, PXF based 
equipment does much more but is much slower and more expensive, and then 
we have processor based (like G1) that does pretty much everything but 
make coffee, but does it extremely slowly and in a manner where each 
feature degrades performance.

I think the 7600 makes sense in a pure packet-shuffeling environment, 
unless you fork out for the expensive SIP/PXF cards, which is (in my mind) 
a PXF-on-a-stick.

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Mikael Abrahamsson    email: swmike at swm.pp.se