[j-nsp] Juniper M-series vs 72xx/NPE-G2

[Eric Van Tol]

Don't forget about all the fun you have trying to figure out which port
adapters you can actually use because of those annoying "bandwidth
points".

-evt

> -----Original Message-----
> From: juniper-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net 
> [mailto:juniper-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of Henry Dziewa
> Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2007 10:34 PM
> To: senad palislamovic; Mounir Mohamed; TCIS List Acct
> Cc: juniper-nsp at puck.nether.net
> Subject: Re: [j-nsp] Juniper M-series vs 72xx/NPE-G2
> 
> I totally agree with below. Unless you do not plan on actually running
> GigE interface at line rate, only then consider NPE-G1 box. Any Cisco
> 72/73xx is anemic when it comes to pushing traffic hard. But 
> it's a balance
> that counts, if Juniper box turns out way too expensive then 
> you will need to make
> a sacrifice one way or another.
> 
>  -------------- Original message ----------------------
> From: senad palislamovic <spalislam at yahoo.com>
> > Hmmmm...  I don't think the price of Cisco 7204 NPE-G1 
> would be that attractive.  
> > And of course, this would be a good option if you are not 
> planning to run any 
> > QoS, if line rate performance is not an issue, and you are 
> not promising any 
> > SLA's to your customers (provider) or end-users (enterprise).
> > 
> > Regards,
> > 
> > Senad
> > 
> > ----- Original Message ----
> > From: Mounir Mohamed <mounir.mohamed at gmail.com>
> > To: TCIS List Acct <listacct at tulsaconnect.com>
> > Cc: juniper-nsp at puck.nether.net
> > Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2007 5:22:33 PM
> > Subject: Re: [j-nsp] Juniper M-series vs 72xx/NPE-G2
> > 
> > 
> > Dear Requester ,
> > 
> > I'm highly recommend Cisco 7204/7206-NPE-G1.
> > Provides performance of up to 1 million packets per second 
> (PPS) in Cisco
> > Express Forwarding switching (an increase of up to 250
> > percent over the Cisco 7200 Series NPE-400)
> > 
> > 1-Offers three Gigabit Ethernet/Fast Ethernet ports that do 
> not take up
> > bandwidth points
> > 2-Doubles the amount of available DRAM (to 1 GB)
> > 3-Eliminates the requirement for an input/output (I/O) controller
> > 4Enables higher scalability on features such as NetFlow, 
> Network Address
> > Translation
> > (NAT), access control lists (ACLs), and more
> > 5-Cisco 7200 Series NPE-G1 including 256 MB default DRAM 
> and 64 MB default
> > flash memory
> > 6-supporting 20050 HW/SW interfaces
> > 
> > 
> http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/routers/ps341/products_
> data_sheet09186a00
> > 800c6bd6.html
> > 
> > Best Regards,
> > Mounir Mohamed
> > On 5/23/07, TCIS List Acct <listacct at tulsaconnect.com> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > michael.firth at bt.com wrote:
> > >
> > > > The M7i is a pretty good box, provided that you are 
> happy to only have
> > > > one RE and FEB. As you are coming from Cisco 7200s, 
> this will be what
> > > > you're used to anyway. The M10i is better in some ways 
> (redundant RE and
> > > > FEB available, more PIC slots) and worse in others 
> (significantly more
> > > > expensive, doesn't have built in interfaces, so every 
> port costs extra,
> > > > and is more than twice the height)
> > > >
> > >
> > > The M7i looks good, and with the trade-in program, may be 
> within budget.
> > > However, the 2 GigE bundle is twice as expensive as the 2 FastE
> > > bundle.  That
> > > said, we only really need 1 GigE now (with 1 FastE for 
> backup).  What is
> > > the
> > > difference in these PICs:
> > >
> > > PE-1GE-SFP
> > > P-1GE-SX
> > >
> > > I know the P-1GE-SX is older (and seems to be cheaper), 
> but will it work
> > > in the
> > > M7i? (trying to get a GigE interface for as cheap as possible)
> > >
> > > --
> > >
> > > -----------------------------------------
> > > Mike Bacher / listacct at tulsaconnect.com
> > > TCIS - TulsaConnect Internet Services
> > > http://www.tulsaconnect.com
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> > 
> > -- 
> > Best Reagrds,
> > Mounir Mohamed
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