[f-nsp] NetIron MLX-4 vs Juniper MX240

[Richard A Steenbergen]

On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 09:22:17PM -0700, David Kotlerewsky wrote:
> Samit,
> 
> List price in MX80 will be 40K for the model with fixed 48x RJ45 ports
> + 4x 10GbE XFP ports. A similarly built MLX-4 config will run at
> $79,730 (base chassis with 1 mgmt module, 2 fabric modules, 1 AC
> power+fan is $19,245. Then you need to add 1 4x10GbE XFP module at
> $27,495 and 2x MLX 20-port 1GbE RJ45 modules at $16,495 each). Now you
> may get a very nice discount from Brocade, but Juniper will be game as
> well in trying to market the MX80, so you may see some really nice
> discounts. Also, the MX80 is only 2U of space, and the MLX-4 is 4U.

$40k is just the base, it's another $20k for the full routing license.

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