[c-nsp] Maximizing Router capabilities

[Dean Smith]

Given recent experience on IOS in general I suspect the difference is that 
the Enterprise code has "no QA" and the SP has "virtually no QA"

We already have ASRs and the pricing difference is indeed there. No-one 
could really explain it to us.

Dean

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dirk-Jan van Helmond" <dirkjan at os3.nl>
To: "Justin M. Streiner" <streiner at cluebyfour.org>
Cc: <cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net>
Sent: Monday, September 29, 2008 9:26 AM
Subject: Re: [c-nsp] Maximizing Router capabilities


>> On Mon, 29 Sep 2008, Ben Steele wrote:
>>
>>> The whole Enterprise being cheaper than base is still a bit confusing to
>>> me
>>> having just put an order in for a couple of ASR1002's, can anyone
>>> explain to
>>> me why you would buy base when enterprise is cheaper and by default the
>>> 1002
>>> is filled to 4GB RAM?
>>
>> The only thing I can think of re: why providers would opt for the 
>> advanced
>> IP services code rather than enterprise is that the enterprise releases
>> tend to have way more cruft than providers want.  Less cruft = fewer
>> potential interoperability problems, security vulnerabilities, bugs of a
>> non-security nature, etc.
>>
>> As for why the advanced IP services code is more expensive than
>> enterprise, I don't know.  I'm half-inclined to say it's a typo :)
>> I'd suggest asking your account team to justify the pricing discrepancy.
>
> I think they'll say it's because the SP image has better QA. (Or the Ent.
> image has worse).
>
> regards,
> Dirk
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> cisco-nsp mailing list  cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net
> https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp
> archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/