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

[Amos Rosenboim]

I'm a big fan of Juniper  routers and especially of junos, however I  
don't think any religious war statements like the below statement are  
relevant.

I have a great experience with NPE-G1 and it offers high value for  
the money. I used LLQ to support voice and had extensive use of ACLs.

To the needs that has been specified (including the netflow  
requirement) it would certainly do the job.
Don't forget that training people on Junos (as much as I love it)  
also has it's associated cost.

I would go with a Juniper platform for other reasons:

1. software reliability.

2. scalability beyond the current requirements.

3. Because I like learning new platforms.

4. because Juniper is the underdog.

Just my 2 cents,

Amos



On May 23, 2007, at 3:43 AM, senad palislamovic wrote:

> 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_sheet09186a00800c6bd6.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)
>>
>> --
>>
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>> TCIS - TulsaConnect Internet Services
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>
> -- 
> Best Reagrds,
> Mounir Mohamed
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