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

[Aivars]

If G100 is not an option because of lack of performance and NSE-100
because of bugs, what choice is there for an aggregator? 10008, SUP720,
SUP32 or another vendor. The price of 10k is just smashing and
afterwards you unwillingly start comparing SUP720 with NSE-100 and
with features do you really need and witch you can get rid of.

Aivars

Tuesday, December 13, 2005, 7:17:08 PM, you wrote:

MA> 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.

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

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

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