[c-nsp] Juniper M320 vs. 7600/SUP320-3BXL and WS-X6148A-GE-TX

[sthaug at nethelp.no]

> Looking for options to our next upgrade from our 7200VXR platform.
> Someone suggested 7600 and the WS-X6148A-GE-TX cards with a
> SUP720-3BXL.  We're doing BGP (4-5 full iBGP peers, 13 external peers
> (3 upstream, 10 downstream), all full routes), dot1q trunks, EoMPLS
> with L2VPNs.  We will most likely do dot1q trunks to our agg switches
> at our other POPs with MPLS and L2VPNs being started/terminated on
> dot1q trunks. We're also looking to roll out IPv6 services in the next
> few months.
> 
> Our options we're looking at are a Juniper M320 w/RE-1600 and SFP PIC
> (PB-4GE-SFP).

If you're doing Ethernet only you should be looking at the Juniper
MX series (e.g. MX480) instead of M320. Much nicer port pricing.

Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug at nethelp.no