[c-nsp] Service Provider Networks: Cisco vs XYZ

[Keegan Holley]

2011/6/24 Derick Winkworth <dwinkworth at att.net>

> 1. Yes there are studies and comparisons.  They are usually skewed/biased
> favorably towards the company that is paying to have the study/comparison
> done.
>

Agree, I don't think any of the neutral parties care about vendor selection.
 They are more concerned with the technologies themselves for the most part.


> 2. Juniper/Alcatel-Lucent I think today are the primary competing vendors
> you want to look at.
>

Agree.


> 3. Tackling the service-provider problem is different than the enterprise
> problem.  There is a reason why other vendors have had success in this
> space.  Sometimes they really do make better products for the
> application/deployment scenario in question.
>

In practice I don't think I've ever seen a completely homogenous network.  I
think anyone designing a SP style network of significant size should at
least consider a multi-vendor solution.  Each vendor has it's strengths and
weaknesses.  There's also the difference in price to consider.  I think that
the popularity of cisco and their various products is a bit of a hinderance
to progress.


>
>
> --- On Thu, 6/23/11, ar <ar_djp at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> From: ar <ar_djp at yahoo.com>
> Subject: [c-nsp] Service Provider Networks: Cisco vs XYZ
> To: "cisco-nsp" <cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net>
> Date: Thursday, June 23, 2011, 10:37 PM
>
> Hi Peeps.
>
> I am pro-Cisco on building IP/MPLS service provider networks. I've proven
> its capabilities.
>
> However, does anyone has a study/comparison or testing with other brands?
> Brocade,Huawei,Juniper,HP?
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