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

[john heasley]

Wed, May 23, 2007 at 08:11:51AM +0300, 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.

line-rate forwarding (and filtering - if thats your bag)

> 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)
> >>
> >> --
> >>
> >> -----------------------------------------
> >> 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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