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

[David Curran]

I have one exact replica of everything in my lab.  By "lab" you mean
"production network", right?  ;)


> From: Justin Shore <justin at justinshore.com>
> Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2008 23:55:48 -0500
> To: Jared Mauch <jared at puck.nether.net>
> Cc: <cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net>
> Subject: [c-nsp] SP Labs (was: 7600 Questions)
> 
> 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_sheet0
>>> 900aecd8057f3b6.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_dat
>>> a_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
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