[c-nsp] 10G options for 7600s

[Mikael Abrahamsson]

On Sun, 24 Jun 2007, Justin Shore wrote:

> So, that said, can anyone think of any reasons why we shouldn't go with 
> the 6704/8 over the ES20, at least until the ES40 comes out?  What else 
> am I missing?

Apart from what you already mentioned, the WS-6704 doesn't have much 
bufferspace, just a few ms compared to the hundreds of ms of buffers of 
the ES20 and SIP-600.

So, my rationale regarding 7600 and others is that either you make do with 
the WS-6704 buffers and work around what it might not give you, or you 
might as well go for the GSR/CRS-1 platforms with proper backplane.

A 7600 should be cheap and simple, if you want features and expense you 
might as well go for the platforms where this was in the design from day 
1.

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Mikael Abrahamsson    email: swmike at swm.pp.se