[c-nsp] 6500, 7600 or ASR

[Charles Sprickman]

On Aug 29, 2013, at 12:05 PM, Antoine Monnier wrote:

> Hi Tony,
> 
> My company is considering buying some ASR1002 instead of ASR1001 though I
> have not understood the reasoning behind it yet (too good Cisco sales guy?).
> Could you give me more details on why you would stay away from systems with
> RP1 such as the 1002? That could give me some munition to root for the
> ASR1001. (I have used it at a previous job and liked that little box).

Split the difference and get a 1002-X.

> 
> Thanks.
> 
> 
> On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 5:38 PM, Tony Varriale <tvarriale at comcast.net>wrote:
> 
>> On 8/29/2013 9:12 AM, Mark Tinka wrote:
>> 
>>> Same here - the RP2 in the ASR1001 will scale well when you
>>> run as many full feeds as you want.
>>> 
>> It's not an RP2...more of a RP2 lite :)  Also note the memory restriction
>> on the 1001 compared to a RP2 system.
>> 
>> As a general thought, stay away from RP1 systems (such as a 1002).
>> 
>> 
>>> I'd go with 2x units if all you need is a handful of Gig-E
>>> ports and no SONET/SDH or other non-Ethernet requirements.
>>> 
>> This +1.
>> 
>> tv
>> 
>> 
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