[c-nsp] Recommendation for a OC-12 POS line card for a 12012

[Robert E.Seastrom]

"Drew Weaver" <drew.weaver at thenap.com> writes:

 	Greetings, I am just looking for a recommendation from people
> who have used them for a decent lOC-12 POS line card for a 12012; by
> decent I guess I am trying not to spend $120,000 but also get near the
> projected performance out if it; anyone have any suggestions for this
> unicorn? (We'll only be attaching a single OC-12 to it) I've seen a few
> that were EOL in 2003 that are available for next to nothing (literally)
> but I wasn't real sure if those were exactly performance leaders in the
> industry.

So, I'm not really a unicorn expert but the deal on the Engine 0 cards
(the EoL as of 2003 cards of which you speak) is that they have the
same performance characteristics now that they had 8 years ago when
they first started showing up on the scene.  I use 'em and they work
just fine, as long as your expectations are calibrated properly (ie,
12.0S, decent packet size mix, nobody DoSing your sorry butt, not
trying to run MPLS or some dodgy QoS scheme, enough memory to fit your
FIB).  People used to use 'em in backbones but they tend not to
anymore, since here in the future nobody uses OC12s in the core.  If
the task at hand involves drawing the top on the bow-tie in a POP
design where you're not moving around too much bandwidth, I'd say
you'll be just fine.  Single link to the Internet, not running super
full and not lousy with tiny (DoS, VoIP, gamer) packets, and you'll
probably be fine too.

I got my last batch of 'em for $250 apiece, with warranty.  On a
price/performance basis, that's really hard to beat.

Performance leaders?  All this stuff will go a hair over 9.8m/second^2
with ease.  What more could a guy want?

                                        ---Rob