[c-nsp] SP Labs (was: 7600 Questions)

[Justin Shore]

Jared Mauch wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 09:47:44PM -0500, Justin Shore wrote:
>> http://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/collateral/routers/ps368/product_data_sheet0900aecd8057f3b6.html
>>
>> There are a couple tables on that page.  Compare that with the numbers 
>> on this page and you should get the technical differences.
>>
>> http://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/collateral/switches/ps5718/ps708/product_data_sheet09186a0080159856_ps4835_Products_Data_Sheet.html
>>
>> The RSP has twice the CPU, twice the RAM for the RP, and twice the NVRAM.
>>
>> Bottom line is that the new version of the Sup is the same price as the 
>> old version.  No sense in buying the old one unless you just want to 
>> make the color scheme on the cards match up. :-)
> 
> 	Or unless you have sparing/logistics economies of scale.

What I'd give to have spares...

I'm curious, how many SPs out there have labs to test out new code, new 
deployment options and concepts, burn in new gear, recreate bugs, etc? 
I'm trying to justify the purchase of some spare hardware to be used as 
lab equipment.

Justin